. The living world : containing descriptions of the several races of men, and all species of animals, birds, fishes, insects, etc., etc. : with numerous anecdotes, illustrative of their instincts, reasoning powers and domestic habits . . DGEON : Tl NCH 1 COMMON PLKCH .- IH] ISTON, SAMUEL WA! KKB & CI > BONY FISHES ORDER III. MALACOPTERYGII SUB-BUACHIATI. 1H7 twelve hundred-weight of Haddock are taken to one hundred-weight ofCodfish in Massachusetts Bay ; and in the winter, about twelve hundred-weight of Cod to one hundred-weight of Haddock; but, as the Haddockfishery is of longer
. The living world : containing descriptions of the several races of men, and all species of animals, birds, fishes, insects, etc., etc. : with numerous anecdotes, illustrative of their instincts, reasoning powers and domestic habits . . DGEON : Tl NCH 1 COMMON PLKCH .- IH] ISTON, SAMUEL WA! KKB & CI > BONY FISHES ORDER III. MALACOPTERYGII SUB-BUACHIATI. 1H7 twelve hundred-weight of Haddock are taken to one hundred-weight ofCodfish in Massachusetts Bay ; and in the winter, about twelve hundred-weight of Cod to one hundred-weight of Haddock; but, as the Haddockfishery is of longer duration, the quantities through the year will averageabout the proportion of three Haddock to one Cod. Large numbers aresold in the market; and, during the entire summer, it is generally eaten bythe poorer classes, who are often able to obtain a fine fish weighing severalpounds for one or two cents. When taken in larger quantities than theycan be disposed of in the market, they arc frequently strewed over the earthfor manure. The specimen before me is twenty-four inches in length. Length of thehead, compared to the whole length of the body, exclusive of the caudalrays, as six to twenty inches ; depth of the body, across fr
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