. The young Nimrods in North America : a book for boys . PECULIARITIES OF THE BLOW-FISH AND PORGY. sea-robin was good for nothing, as nobody considered him fit to eat. liewas a great robber of the bait on fish-hooks, and was not a favorite ofthe fishermen ; for this reason he was generally knocked on the headand then tossed overboard. Then he described another odd product of the bay, that wras known asthe blow-fish, and had the power of inflating himself with air when takenout of the water. The boatmen had a trick of compelling him to do soby rolling him under their feet. When thus inflated he
. The young Nimrods in North America : a book for boys . PECULIARITIES OF THE BLOW-FISH AND PORGY. sea-robin was good for nothing, as nobody considered him fit to eat. liewas a great robber of the bait on fish-hooks, and was not a favorite ofthe fishermen ; for this reason he was generally knocked on the headand then tossed overboard. Then he described another odd product of the bay, that wras known asthe blow-fish, and had the power of inflating himself with air when takenout of the water. The boatmen had a trick of compelling him to do soby rolling him under their feet. When thus inflated he was as round asa full-blown bladder, but if thrown on the water while in this conditionhe speedily reduced himself to his original dimensions, and dived THE PORGY. A very abundant fish in all the waters around New York, the Doc-tor remarked, is the porgy, or porgie. lie is so abundant that he isvery cheap, and therefore he comes in play as the food of thousands ofpoor people who cannot afford the cost of cod or blue-fish. In some lo-calities he is called scup, or scuppaug, and he is known to the scientificmen as the Stenotomus argyrops. The flesh is sweet and of excellentflavor, and would be highly prized by the epicures if it was held at a highprice; but as it is cheap, it is not fashionable, and you might ask in vainfor porgies at the first-class hotels and restaurants, and be compelled topay a high price for fish not half as good in quality. In summer it is thecustom in New York for fishing-parties to go in steamers to the CholeraBanks, as they are called, close to the coast of New Jersey. There seemsto be an unfailing supply of porgies at these banks, and the many thou- 150 THE YOUNG NIMRODS. sands that are caught there do not mak
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