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252 great multitudes, it is true, congregate together, but they seem not to obey any common laws of motion, shifting their places in great shoals, but rather each obeying the impulse of his own independent will, attracted by the abundance of food, or other causes. From these circumstances, the

depth of its level, and its isolation,–the Cod is not much taken with nets, but principally with the hook and line.

There are two modes of capturing the Cod with the hook; the one is with what are called in Cornwall bulters, which are long lines, to which are attached, at regular distances, other lines six feet in length, each bearing a hook; the intervals are twice the length of the small lines, to prevent