COT). 
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£ck conspicuous, at first nearer the 
back, lower and straight behind. Dorsal fins three, the first 
roJXd-^" ]“i' irregularlj 
’ pectorals round; ventrals short, the 
™ .hTLT”^ t ”‘1, ’'■^''■'5’ c«bu: 
bellv wh>^ yellow, sometimes brown; sides mottled; 
e ly white; all the fins soft. The Cod of the north of England 
whiL if I nientioned the great weight to 
bmh It some imes reaches, but from thirty to forty pounds is 
a more general size. 
Icifn^li CJuvier’s “Animal Kingdom” we 
found a the Isle of Man, there is 
Cod ^hich is named Eed 
^ ^ wermilion 
the other” D considered superior to that of 
also anotb ^ ‘ ‘^at there was 
appears ’"'hich he himself 
4 nTtak^r?': ate been .hewn, however, in a 
NatuTpl W cloubted, by Dr. Dyee, in the “Annals, etc. of 
than a that this supposed species wms no other 
amomr example, such as is scarcely uncommon 
obserL?^’ f C™on Cod; and Dr. Dyce illustrates his 
of th J 7°r dissections which prove that the foundation 
as w ''“’ty was in the structure of the bones of the back 
whicr ™ deformed example of the Codfish 
h We have described. 
and “hservation, which was in good condition 
on the possessed only one pectoral fin, while 
tlie annear there existed merely a stump, which had 
dition! If 1 17°^ originally formed in that con- 
deficiencv tlm 7*^7 7 consequence of this 
into action f particularly 
body; ’ purpose of regulating the positions of the 
paitdtei"'”'^'' ^hich is a large and formidable 
of this fish ^°^icd firmly attached to the gills 
