72 
rOWER. 
Jago; in Eay’s Synopsis Pisciurn, p. .163, nnd 
a figure. 
Likn^US. Jekyxs; Manual, p. 444. 
Plemisg; Br. Animals, p. 191. 
yAitWELL; Br. Fishes, vol. ii, p 241. 
Gunthek; Cat. Br. Museum, vol. iv, p, 33,5. 
I AM not able to refer to Willoughby and Bloch for this 
fish, since their figures of Asellus minor bear little resemblance 
to the Powerj and the fish called Capelan by Rondeletius, and 
by subsequent writers who refer to him, is still less lihe the 
British species. 
Ihe name by which this fish is known by us is believed to 
be an ancient form of the word poor; in proof of which we 
find in a document of the reign of Henry the Eighth, the words 
powre and pore used instead of poor; but this fish is inferior 
to others of this family only as being much smaller, on which 
account it is cliiefly employed as bait for other fish. 
There is much similarity in the habits of the Bib and Power, 
as there is also in shape. Both prefer rough or rocky ground, 
from which they do not wander to a considerable distance; and 
the last named fish maintains so close an attachment to its 
favourite haunts that fishermen have informed me they only 
leave the place, and that in a body, about the month of April 
when it is supposed they have sought out a proper spot for 
the purpose of spawning. It is further observed that when 
the Bib and Power inhabit the same ledge of rocks they do 
not associate together, but the Powers keep at their stations 
lower down., where the rocks rise from the level, while' Bibs 
prefer the higher portion. And again, while Bibs are sometimes 
found in submarine gullies, the Power is very rarely caught in 
the same situation. During the fishery for crabs they are not 
unfrequently found in the crab-pots; and in autumn they are 
Power, 
Gaclus minntua, 
Morrhua minuta, 
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