. The history of birds : their varieties and oddities, comprising graphic descriptions of nearly all known species of birds, with fishes and insects, the world over, and illustrating their varied habits, modes of life, and distinguishing peculiarities by means of delightful anecdotes and spirited engravings . and afriend hired a boat to go out and see the Pilchard-fishing at says that the fishing-boats, which are numerous, are usually THE SPRAT—THE SHAD. 449 stationed in ten fathoms water, and clear of all breakers. Light sailboats keep out at a little distance before them, to give not
. The history of birds : their varieties and oddities, comprising graphic descriptions of nearly all known species of birds, with fishes and insects, the world over, and illustrating their varied habits, modes of life, and distinguishing peculiarities by means of delightful anecdotes and spirited engravings . and afriend hired a boat to go out and see the Pilchard-fishing at says that the fishing-boats, which are numerous, are usually THE SPRAT—THE SHAD. 449 stationed in ten fathoms water, and clear of all breakers. Light sailboats keep out at a little distance before them, to give notice to theJishermen of the approach of a shoal. Persons are also frequentlystationed on the neighboring rocks, to watch the course of the fishthese are called huers, from their setting up a hue to the fishermen. The nets, which are seines, are sometimes two hundred fathoms oimore in circumference, and about eighteen fathoms deep. Some ofthem are said to be capable of holding upwards of two hundred hogs-heads of fish, each containing about three thousand. About thirtythousand hogsheads are here considered a tolerably good produce forone season. But it happens, now and then, that the fishery almostentirely fails. The Dog-fish are great enemies to the Pilchards, often devouringthem in amazin^r THE SPRAT. Sprats are caug!\t on the coasts of the Mediterranean, in suetimmense shoals, that ata single haul of a largenet, as many havesometimes been landedas would have filledbetween forty and fiftybarrels. From the cir-cumstance of these tish being caught near the island of Sardinia in great abundance, andbeing exported from that island, in barrels, to various parts of theworld, they have obtained, in several countries, the name of /SardineSprats are likewise found in the North Sea and the Baltic. They usually frequent the deep parts of the sea; but in the autumnthey approach the smooth and sandy shores, for the purpose of de-piEditing there thei spawn. THE SHAD. SJcads appea
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