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great part o'f the fupport of the poor. The young be- 
gin- to appear on the coaft of Yorkjhire, in the month of 
July, in numbers that defy all computation : They are at 
that period only an inch and a half long ; in Auguft they 
are from three to five inches, and are taken in vail quan- 
tities with the angling rod ; they are then reckoned a 
Very delicate difti, but afterwards grow ib coarfe, that, by 
the time they are a year old, few people eat them*. They 
are fold either frelh, or when falted, in the counties of 
York and Northumberland , at an inferior price to the 0- 
ther fpecies of cod. 
The Hake f . 
1 HIS fpecies has only' two dorfal fins j grows from two 
* Q three feet in length, and is of a more fienderlhape than 
the common cod. Its form fomewhat refembles that of 
the pike ; whence it is called the fea pike by the French 
and Italians J. The mouth is large, and furnifihed with a 
0l| xture of Ihort and long teeth ; and the palate, as is com- 
111011 to the fillies of this genus, is befet with iharp fpines 
r teeth. The firft dorfal fin has nine rays ; the fecond, 
extends almoft to the tail, has forty ; the pe£toral 
ls are furn iflied each with twelve rays; and the ventral, 
h“-n are fituated before, are fupported by feven cartila- 
^ r ° L . Iff* A a ges j 
Vide Schon. apud Will. p. 16 ). 
1 Afcllus primus. Will. Gadus Merhicius, Lin. Syft. 
1 ^erlnciuf, Vide G drier and Will, 
