. American fishes [microform] : a popular treatise upon the game and food fishes of North America, with especial reference to habits and methods of capture. Fishes; Fishing; Poissons; Pêche sportive. :l! is found abundant in Bedford Basin, tlio inner cN]iansion of Halifax Harbor, at a dcptli of t!iirty-SL'\cn fathoms. It ran^^cs nearly to (Irceidand. and is also found on the coast of Northern Kurojie. where it is tound in the Trondhjem Fjord, in latitude 65", and soinh to the coast of Ireland. Its thernial rani;e ai>iiears to be confined by the limits ^^4" and 45". It breeds
. American fishes [microform] : a popular treatise upon the game and food fishes of North America, with especial reference to habits and methods of capture. Fishes; Fishing; Poissons; Pêche sportive. :l! is found abundant in Bedford Basin, tlio inner cN]iansion of Halifax Harbor, at a dcptli of t!iirty-SL'\cn fathoms. It ran^^cs nearly to (Irceidand. and is also found on the coast of Northern Kurojie. where it is tound in the Trondhjem Fjord, in latitude 65", and soinh to the coast of Ireland. Its thernial rani;e ai>iiears to be confined by the limits ^^4" and 45". It breeds abundantlv in our watiTs in summer time, numerous indi\iduals, full of siiawn. and ,^ from half an inch u|i\vard, haxini; been taken. tVom |ul\- to ()ctober, in \arious localities. The Pole Mounder has been pronounced, by all who have tasted it. a most delicious foo'llish. resembliuLjmore ( losely than any other s])et the l".!iL;lish Sole. ha\-ing a L,M-eat ([uantity of peculiarly llaxored mu( ihiLjinous tissue about the base of the fms : it lias ne\er been taken by our fishermen, because, on accoimt of its e\ceedinL,dy small and weak mouth, it could not hold fast to an ordinary hook and line ; and. >iioul(l it e\er come intf) demand, it will be necessary for our fisherman tointro- tati\es of the family on the southern coast, and in dee]) \»atjr uom Cape Cod s(Mithward, belonging to the genus Citluiriclithys, which, although edible, are ne\er eaten. The Sand Dab, or rough Dab, Ilippoglossoiacs platcssoiih's, also some- times known as the Rusty Flounder, is taken in winter by the line fisher- men of New England, and small (piantities are doubtless brought to market and sold \yith other flat fishes without discrimination as to species. It of- ten attains the length of twenty to twenty-four inches, and the weight of two to five pounds, and is, in all respects, a desirable food-fish, being highly esteemed on the other side of the Atlantic. In summer, individ-
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