. The sea [microform] : its stirring story of adventure, peril & heroism. Adventure and adventurers; Voyages and travels; Ocean; Aventures et aventuriers; Voyages; Océan. THE CORNISH PILCHARD FISHERIES. 173 srish th& goners. ;> we ever the Of the sha', though not as commonly known as the herring, there are twenty known species. In the season this fish regularly approaches the mouths of great rivers for the pur]X)se of spawning. It is found in the spring in the Rhine, Seine, Garonne, Volga, Elbe, and in many of our own rivers. In some Irish rivers the masses of sliad taken have been
. The sea [microform] : its stirring story of adventure, peril & heroism. Adventure and adventurers; Voyages and travels; Ocean; Aventures et aventuriers; Voyages; Océan. THE CORNISH PILCHARD FISHERIES. 173 srish th& goners. ;> we ever the Of the sha', though not as commonly known as the herring, there are twenty known species. In the season this fish regularly approaches the mouths of great rivers for the pur]X)se of spawning. It is found in the spring in the Rhine, Seine, Garonne, Volga, Elbe, and in many of our own rivers. In some Irish rivers the masses of sliad taken have been so great that hardly any amount of exertion has been sufficient to land the net. It sometimes attains a very considerable size, weighing from four to six pounds. The shad taken at sea is considered coarser eating than that caught in rivers. The sprat has been by some taken for the young of the herring, and the controversy on the subject has at times waxed warm. Some anatomists declare that their iwculiaritios show no difference but size. It has a serrated belly, which Bertram looks upon as the tuck in the child's frock, a provision for growth. " The slaughter of sprats," says he, " is as decided a case of killing the goose with the golden eggs as the grilse slaughter carried on in our salmon ; But Figuier reminds that writer that the young herrings are caught without the serrated belly, and that the curer's purchase is regulated by the sprat's rough, and the herring's smooth, belly. Sprats are often so abundant as to be unsaleable, and are then actually used for manure. The pilchard visits our coasts at all times, the leading fisheries being in Cornwall. Wilkie Collins has given us a lively and interesting picture of the "look-out" for their approach and capture.* He says: "A stranger in Cornwall, taking his first walk along the cliffs in August, could not advance far without witnessing what would strike him as a very singular and even
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