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THE COD FISH. 
with a very bad cold, that she was not able to sit 
up in bed, and she had to take some of this oil : it 
did her good, and in a week or two she was able 
to walk very well, and she can now go to work as 
she used to do ; but she told me this oil was not at 
all nice. 
When Sam goes out in his boat, he has one or 
two men with him to help him to take the fish ; and 
if they have good luck, they will soon fill the boat 
with them. The men who fish for Cod do not take 
a net, but have a line and hook ; the fish will bite 
at the bait very fast, so that a good many can be 
got at one time : as soon as the boat is full, the 
men go home at once, and sell as many as they 
can ; the rest they salt. 
All fish come from eggs, and the Cod has so 
many at a time, that it is very easy to get ; and 
v/hen it is salt, the poor can buy it, and not find it 
too dear. 
