HERRING. 
Harengus, Jonston; PL i, f. 6. 
“ Willoughby; p. 219, Table P. 1. 
Clupea Haretigus, Linn^us. Cuvieb. Block; PI. 29. 
“ “ Fleming; Br. Animals, p. 182. 
“ ” Jenyns; Manual, p. 435. 
“ “■ Yabkell; Br. Fishes, vol. ii, p. 183. 
In habits as well as in shape the Herring bears much 
resemblance to the Pilchard, but its range is extended further 
to the north; so that it has been seen at rare intervals even in 
Iceland; although the Missionary Egede, who was familiar with 
that country, had not met with it there. They also abound on 
some occasions along the east border of North America, up to 
the coast of Behring Strait, and were found by Sir John 
Eranklin in Bathurst’s Inlet; while they exist, perhaps in large 
numbers, on the west coast of the same continent, and again 
on the east side, in Delaware Bay, where a fisherman informed 
nae he had been engaged in securing great quantities which 
■were attracted to the boat by a light; and so numerous were 
the multitudes thus drawn together, that it was not found 
necessary to employ any other means of taking them than what 
IS termed a hand or keep-net with which to lade them on 
board. 
It has been questioned whether this fish exists in the 
Mediterranean, and it appears that no direct mention of it can 
1*0 traced to the ancient Greek and Roman writers; but their 
silence on this subject is of little value, Irom the small degree 
of discrimination they shew in reference to fishes which bear a 
near resemblance to each other ; and we further know that there 
nre some species scarcely rare in that sea, of which they have 
^ot left us any notice. Dr. Gulia has not met with it at Malta, 
“nt Mr. Dodd, in his Natural History of the Herring, informs 
