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the end of Summer; and if attention were paid to the Fish- 
ery, enough might be caught to supply the consumption of 
the British Islands. Bloch informs us that the fishery in 
the Mediterranean is carried on from May to July, at which 
period this Fish enters that Sea for the purpose of shedding 
its spawn ; and that when this function is performed it 
returns to the Atlantic. I have not found them on our 
Coast until the Autumnal equinox ; and the Fishery would 
be chiefly followed in October and November, when the 
Fish are in fine condition ; but some are met with through 
the Winter and until the month of March. 
T11E CODFISH TRIBE. 
CODFISH Gadus Morrhua. Jenyns, p. 440. Mr. Yarrell 
supposes the Sharpnosed Codfish of the Western Coast to 
he a variety of that of which he has given a figure ; Br. F., 
vol. 2, p. 151, but perhaps in this as in most other instances 
it will be found, that though colour in Fishes is exceedingly 
liable to variation, according to the ground and temperature, 
yet a variety of form is proof of a difference of Species. 
This Fish is abundant, large, in fine condition in its season, 
on the Cornish Coast, chiefly from feeding on the smaller 
kinds of Crabs, which are in great number ; hut out of sea- 
son, as it is for nine months in the year, few Species offer 
a greater contrast to their best perfection. The younger 
Codfish is termed a Tamlin Cod, and is good food at all 
times ; and it sometimes happens also, that the Fish which 
has not been exausted by spawning, is found in excellent 
condition at a time when others are thin and meagre, or as 
fishermen denominate it, Louning. 
HADDOCK. G. JEglrfinus. Jenyns, p. 441. Yarrell's 
Br. F., vol. 2, p. 153. This Fish is variable in its habits, 
sometimes abounding for a year or two, and then again 
. becoming scarce. This seems to arise from its manner of 
feeding, which is on Sea eggs (Echini,) the Crab kind, and 
Ascidem, or as fishermen term them, W ater bags ; and when 
these have become scarce, their haunts are again changed. 
BIB. G. Lnscvs. Jenyns, p. 442. Yarrell’s Br. F., vol. 2, 
p. 157. Common. 
POWER. G. Minulus. Jenyns, p. 444. Yarrell’s Br. F., 
vol. 2, p. 101. Common. 
WHITING. Merlangtts Vulgaris. Jenyns, p. 445. Yar- 
rell's Br. F., vol. 2, p. 167. Common. > 
POLLACK. M. Pollachius. Jenyns, p. 446. Yarrell’s 
Br. F.. vol. 2, p. 172. Common. 
RAUNING POLLACK. M. Carbonarius. Jenyns, p. 446. 
Yarrell’s Br. F., vol. 2, p. 169. Common. 
GREEN COD. M. Virens. Jenyns, p. 447. Yarreli’s 
Br. F., vol. 2, p. 175. I suppose this to be the Young of 
the last Species. 
