Fish XXX^ 



SCALE 



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Vol. IV. No. s 2. 



Fig. i. The Tor sii. 



(Gadus Callarias.) 

 The Tor sk belongs to the Tribe of the Scale* 

 Fish and is about 3 feet long. It is a fish of 

 prey as may be feen by the quantity of pointed 

 teeth its mouth is armed with; it lives on other 

 Fish, crabs, fea worms and infects. It frequents, 

 principally the Baltic fea where it is caught on 

 the eoa fis and in the mouths of rivers with dra- 

 gnets and large hooks. On account of its white,, 

 tender, and well tailed ilesh it beari a high price 

 and is confidered as an exquifite dish of a rich 

 and elegant table. Its brown and grey reddish 

 back as well as the under parts are marked by 

 numerous dull yellow fpots. 



Fig. 2. The Whiting. 

 (Gadus Merlangus.y 

 The Whiting is a well tafted fpecies of the- 

 Scale fish, which occurs in the Baltic Sea and' 

 abounds in the German Ocean especially on the: 

 Coafts of England,, Holland, and France,, where: 

 it is caught in great quantities ^with- the Ground ~ 

 Line *). It meafures from 2f, to 2 feet. The prin- 

 cipal colour of its back is of a- pale iilver grey* 

 the back of a dull yellow. 



Fig. 3- The Coal -Fish. 



(Gadus Garb on arius.) 



The Coal- Fish derives its name from the eie* 

 gant shining black colour which covers its head 

 and neck when old and full grown.. At the pe* 

 riod of its Youth it is of an olive brown Colour- 

 Its belly,, anus,, and tail- fins are black,, back 

 and breast- fins olive bi own.. It grows to a length 

 from if to 2 feet and is frequent in the Baltic 

 and North- Sea, especially on the coafts of Eng- 

 land and Scotland. 



Its Flesh is not well tafted and only eaten by 

 the poor,. It feeds on fmall Fish., 



Fig. 4« The Poor. 



(Gadus^ mïnutus.) 



This fpecies of the Torsk is only about Q in- 

 ches long f it is alfo an- inhabitant of the Bal- 

 tic Sea as* well as- of the German Ocean.. 



It preys on Sea- worms: and fmall crabs," its: 

 flesh is well tafted and frequently eaten;, the 

 colour of its belly is a filvery grey,, that of its 

 back yellow brown- 



*) The Ground » Line Î9. a Rtorsg- cord* of horsehair Between 4°' anÄ 50- fattomi long to> which at the: 

 diftan.ee of every two fees a ouantity of hoo&s. is. faftened with different bait„ 



