The Haddock 449 
January, and deposits its eggs in rough ground among 
rocks. Some continue in roe until the beginning of 
April. Cod-fish are reckoned best for the table from 
October to Christmas. The air-bladders, under the name 
of sounds, are pickled, and sold separately. 
The chief fisheries for Cod are in the Bay of Canada, 
on the great bank of Newfoundland, and off the isle of 
St. Peter, and the isle of Sable. The vessels frequenting 
these fisheries are from a hundred to two hundred tons 
burden, and will each catch thirty thousand Cod, or more. 
The best season is from the beginning of February to 
the end of April. Each fisherman takes only one Cod 
at a time, and yet the more experienced will catch from 
three to four hundred in a day. It is a fatiguing work, 
owing particularly to the intense cold they are obliged 
to suffer during the operation. 
Cod frequently grow to a very great size. The largest 
that is known to have been caught in this kingdom was 
taken at Scarborough, in the year 1775 ; it measured five 
feet eight inches in length, and five feet in circumference, 
and weighed seventy-eight pounds. The usual weight of 
this fish is from fourteen to forty pounds. 
THE HADDOCK, (Gadus ceglefinus,) 
Is much less in size than the cod-fish, and differs some- 
what from it in shape ; it is of a bluish colour on the 
back, with small scales ; a black line is carried on from 
the upper corner of the gills on both sides down to the 
tail ; in the middle of the sides, under the line a little 
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