This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1861 Excerpt: ... thus situated, there is great loss: this, however, does not often occur, for the fishermen are so well acquainted with the appearances of sea and sky which precede a storm, that if there is danger the fish are landed as rapidly as possible. The Great Weever, a curious fish which burrows in the sand, is sometimes ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1861 Excerpt: ... thus situated, there is great loss: this, however, does not often occur, for the fishermen are so well acquainted with the appearances of sea and sky which precede a storm, that if there is danger the fish are landed as rapidly as possible. The Great Weever, a curious fish which burrows in the sand, is sometimes brought up in the tuck net; it is most brilliantly coloured, and has the peculiarity of a long sharp spine on each side of the head, and if incautiously handled, it strikes with these weapons an unerring blow; a puncture from these spines is poisonous, it causes great pain, which rapidly extends from the hand to the shoulder--the injured part swells very much, and turns to a livid purple colour. Strange marks are sometimes seen along the sand by the margin of the waves, which might puzzle any one who did not know that the launce or sand-eel burrows here, the marks being made by men pricking for them. The launce swims about the shore during the day, and burrows in the sand by night. They are caught by scraping in the sand with a pole to which an iron crook is attached, and must be pulled up with a sudden jerk and rapidly secured, or they again hide themselves. Moonlight nights are selected for this purpose. Among other things for which the Land's End is celebrated, is the Land's End Pollack. Under this title, however, two species are included, the Whiting Pollack, Merlangus Pollachius, the Lythe of Scotland, and the Eauning Pollack, M. carbonarius, called in the North a Coalfish. These fish are here to be found in perfection and of enormous size, when compared with those captured elsewhere. The Whiting Pollack is generally preferred for the table, but the other is better than most fish. These two kinds are easily distinguished from each other. The E...
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