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ous parts of this fifh, that is to fay, the head, the 

 , tongue, and the liver, which, after having been 

 fteeped in oil and vinegar, with a little pepper, make 

 a mod exquifite fauce. Now, in order to preferve 

 all thefe parts would require too much fait ; fo that 

 whatever they cannot confume whilft the fiming fea- 

 fon lads, is thrown into the fea. The largeft cod I 

 have ever feen was not quite three feet in length % 

 notwithstanding thofe of the great bank are the 

 largeft : but, there is, perhaps, no animal which 

 has fo wide a throat in proportion to its fize, or that 

 is more voracious. All forts of things are found 

 in the belly of this firti, even pieces of broken 

 earthenware, iron, and glafs. It was at firft be- 

 lieved capable of digefting all this, but the world 

 has become fenfible of this miftake, which was 

 founded on this circumftance, that fome pieces of - 

 iron half worn away, had been found in the belly 

 of it. It is the received opinion at this day that 

 the Gau, which is the name that the fifhers have 

 given to the ftomach of the cod~fi{h, turns infide 

 ^out, like'4 pocket, and that by means of this ac- 

 tion, this fifii difourdens itfelf of whatever incom- 

 modes it. 



What is called in Holland the Cabelao, is a fort 

 of cod which is caught in the channel and fome other 

 places, and which differs from the cod of America 

 only in that it is of a much fmaller fize. That of 

 the great Bank is faked only, and this is what is called 

 White^ or more commonly Green Cod. M. Denys 

 tells us on this head, that he has feen fait made in 

 Canada equal to what is carried thither from Brouage 

 in Old France, but that after they had made the 

 experiment, the fait- pits, which had been dug on 

 purpofe, were filled up. Thofe who have the moft 

 exclaimed againft this country, as being utterly 



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