bony fishes. 
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tjiat have neither milts nor rows; and between five and six 
‘■'ey are those full grown fish that are served up to our 
f ables. In the same manner, with regard to flat fishes, they 
. ' ns that the turbot and plaise at one year are about the 
s ize of a crown piece ; the second year as large as the palm 
° one’s hand ; and, at the fifth and six year, they are large 
enough to be served up to table. Thus, it appears, that 
idt are a considerable time in coming to their full growth, 
ar >d that they are a long time the prey of others before it 
ootnes to their turn to be destroyers.* 
The greediness with which sea-fish devour the bait is 
Prodigious, it compared with the manner they take it in 
■esh water. The lines of such fishermen who go off to sea 
? le coarse, thick, and clumsy, compared to what are used 
y those who fish at land. Their baits are seldom more 
( lan a piece of fish, or the flesh of some quadruped, stuck 
>n tile hook in a bungling manner; and scarce any art is 
n ' ployed to conceal the deception. But it is otherwise 
P fresh water; the lines must often be drawn to an hair- 
\; e . fineness ; they must be tinctured of the peculiar colour 
the stream ; the bait must be formed with the nicest art, 
nd even, if possible, to exceed the perfection of nature; 
Jet still the fishes approach it with diffidence, and often 
''tin round it with disdain. The cod, on the banks of 
ewfoundland, the instant the hook, which is only baited 
11,1 t,le guts of the animal last taken, is dropped "into the 
1)1^1°^ darts to it at once, anti the fishermen have but to 
wh’ "P 88 ^ ast as tl,y Y tlll0W down. But it is otherwise 
] 1 those who fish in fresh water, they must wait whole 
urs in fruitless expectation ; and the patience of a fisher - 
” Is proverbial among us. 
ft-st are ene,n ‘ es to one another, so each species is in- 
tir ° < ,.' v| tl 1 worms of different kinds, peculiar to itself. The 
| a ' 50u uti with them; and the little ones are not 
e j >" e Y * ree . > These troublesome vermin lodge themselves 
let in the jaws, and the intestines internally, or near the 
inP r t,10,U - ^* ,en h 8 ' 1 are healthy and fat," they are not 
oi . channoyed by them ; but in winter, when they are lean 
^jckly, they then stiller very much. 
fromi'i d - 0< ' S llle !' e P" teti longevity of this class secure them 
b y , ,0,r peculiar disorders. They are not only affected 
tions°p m V Ch b, . lt the f e nre (rec l ll ently certain disposi- 
l|, e ii, j | he element in which they reside, unfa vourable to 
lealth and propagation. Some ponds they will not 
* t • 
ruites de Pcches, par Monsieur Duhamel. Sect. 3. p. 100. 
