. American fishes; a popular treatise upon the game and food fishes of North America, with especial reference to habits and methods of capture . W THE HAIMMUK. The Haddock, Alelanogramnms CBglefinus, is found only in the and Hadou are old French names for the same fish, though thespecies is now usually known by the name Egrefin. In Scotland the nameis said to be pronounced almost in the same way as in France, and is oftenvaried to Haddie. It is the Schellfish of Germany. Concerning this fishmany of our fishermen entertain the idea, which with them canhardly be called a superstit
. American fishes; a popular treatise upon the game and food fishes of North America, with especial reference to habits and methods of capture . W THE HAIMMUK. The Haddock, Alelanogramnms CBglefinus, is found only in the and Hadou are old French names for the same fish, though thespecies is now usually known by the name Egrefin. In Scotland the nameis said to be pronounced almost in the same way as in France, and is oftenvaried to Haddie. It is the Schellfish of Germany. Concerning this fishmany of our fishermen entertain the idea, which with them canhardly be called a superstition, that the black spots upon their side aredue to the impression of the thumb and finger of St. Peter when theapostle took the tribute money out of the mouth of a fish supposed to be ofthis species, the fishermans mark having been continued among its de-scendants ever since. This notion is prevalent also in England, and inSouthern Europe is attached to other fishes, particularly to the John Dory,Zeus fahcr. It is needless to say that no member of this family occurs inthe Sea of Galilee. 356 AMERICAN FISHES. Its wanderings are more limit
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