ON OUTTLE-FISHES.
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shermen using trawls. It was only after a storm that a few
'
r
were occasionally procured in a trawl, but. they never failed to
;
nd multitudes strewn on the beach at the West Sands afte‘r’a
severe
storm, of which occurrences,‘ indeed, zoologists have
g
frequent personal experiences. '
'
.
Many cuttle—shes, again, are captured by the trawl, and, as
above mentioned, as a.rule, are killed.
But these are carefully -
_
'
preserved for sale, and in certain cases form ne inconsiderable -
item in the proceeds of the shing, for a sum of money, varying
?
_
from £l to £5 or even double the amount, is paid for each box“
of this valued bait.
Further, the cutt‘le—shes caught by the
I
;
_trawl are chiey Loligo and OmmastMphês—squids as they are
’
usually called. NOW, these are pelagic or free—“swimming cuttlçe“? '
shes that do— not necessarily fall under the
though, when captured, they are probably seeking theirer '
there, or in the stratum just above it. The occurrence of
Eled0ne (a ground—form} in the trawl is less common than the
.
foregoing.
Moreover, the squids are mollusks… particularly
obnoxbus in the active condition to liners, so much sothat
has been asked as to how to get rid of theml.
.
They»
occur in such numbers now and then that the shermen despair
of their catches, for the cuttle-shes so disgure the haddoeks
and other shes xedon the
devouring the muScles
'
behind the head—as to render them unsaleable.
Soeage1are
they, indeed, that they sometimes follow the hooked shesto
'
surface, as the lines are hauled, and are captured3by‘ra
_
hand—net.
Opinions, therefore, might di'er asto the diSadvan- . _Â
tages of
this group
of mollusks, Which, when full—
grown, are as much destined for the nourishment of thewhales
1
‘The case of the
shes in relation‘ to the actœwfhetrawïhwew°am0be
-
éonsîdered without: thepeîægw©?€eS‘“"mmmIGPIGSŒlta
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:
435 ]
shermen using trawls. It was only after a storm that a few
'
r
were occasionally procured in a trawl, but. they never failed to
;
nd multitudes strewn on the beach at the West Sands afte‘r’a
severe
storm, of which occurrences,‘ indeed, zoologists have
g
frequent personal experiences. '
'
.
Many cuttle—shes, again, are captured by the trawl, and, as
above mentioned, as a.rule, are killed.
But these are carefully -
_
'
preserved for sale, and in certain cases form ne inconsiderable -
item in the proceeds of the shing, for a sum of money, varying
?
_
from £l to £5 or even double the amount, is paid for each box“
of this valued bait.
Further, the cutt‘le—shes caught by the
I
;
_trawl are chiey Loligo and OmmastMphês—squids as they are
’
usually called. NOW, these are pelagic or free—“swimming cuttlçe“? '
shes that do— not necessarily fall under the
though, when captured, they are probably seeking theirer '
there, or in the stratum just above it. The occurrence of
Eled0ne (a ground—form} in the trawl is less common than the
.
foregoing.
Moreover, the squids are mollusks… particularly
obnoxbus in the active condition to liners, so much sothat
has been asked as to how to get rid of theml.
.
They»
occur in such numbers now and then that the shermen despair
of their catches, for the cuttle-shes so disgure the haddoeks
and other shes xedon the
devouring the muScles
'
behind the head—as to render them unsaleable.
Soeage1are
they, indeed, that they sometimes follow the hooked shesto
'
surface, as the lines are hauled, and are captured3by‘ra
_
hand—net.
Opinions, therefore, might di'er asto the diSadvan- . _Â
tages of
this group
of mollusks, Which, when full—
grown, are as much destined for the nourishment of thewhales
1
‘The case of the
shes in relation‘ to the actœwfhetrawïhwew°am0be
-
éonsîdered without: thepeîægw©?€eS‘“"mmmIGPIGSŒlta