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EGGS 05* FISH. 



been known to cast forth into the waves, in one 

 single season, nine millions of eggs — equalling 

 eight times the population of London. 



But the destroying fish are not multiplied to 

 such an extent, or the ocean would for a season 

 teem with battles, and after a time be utterly 



THE COD-FISH. 



depopulated. The eggs of such a creature as 

 a shark, for example, are singly committed to 

 the ocean ; and in order to prevent them from 

 being carried about at the mercy of the waves, 

 or thrown to perish on the shore, they are of a 



