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" ... baits in fishing ; the liver, which is large and good for eating, also furnishes an enormous quantity of oil, which is an excellent substitute for that of the whale, and applicable to all the same purposes ; the swimming-bladder furnishes an isinglass... "
A history of British fishes - Page 182
by Robert Hamilton - 1876
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The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization: The class ...

Georges baron Cuvier - 1834 - 826 pages
...parts of the cod are adapted for the nourishment of man and of animals, or for some other purposes of domestic economy. The tongue, for instance, whether...vertebrae, the ribs, and the bones in general are given to their cattle by the Icelanders, and by the Kamtschatdales to their dogs. These same parts, properly...
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Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society, Volume 7

Wernerian Natural History Society, Edinburgh - 1838 - 664 pages
...sturgeon, the Iceland fishermen prepare large quantities of it, which in England sells for a high price ; the head in the places where the. cod is taken, supplies...vertebrae, the ribs, and the bones in general are given to their cattle by the Icelanders. The lens are made into necklaces for children, and the ear-bones are...
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Ebb and flow: the curiosities of the sea-shore

Robert William Fraser - 1860 - 328 pages
...taken, supplies the fishermen and their families with food. The Norwegians give it with marine-plants to their cows, for the purpose of producing a greater...vertebrae, the ribs, and the bones in general, are given to their cattle by the Icelanders, and by the Kamtschatdales to their dogs. These same parts, properly...
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The Harvest of the Sea: A Contribution to the Natural and Economic History ...

James Glass Bertram - 1865 - 586 pages
...the parts of the cod are adapted for the nourishment of man and animals, or for some other purposes of domestic economy. The tongue, for instance, whether...vertebrae, the ribs, and the bones in general, are given to their cattle by the Icelanders, and by the Kamtschatkadales to their dogs. These same parts, properly...
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The Harvest of the Sea: A Contribution to the Natural and Economic History ...

James Glass Bertram - 1865 - 578 pages
...the parts of the cod are adapted for the nourishment of man and animals, or for some other purposes of domestic economy. The tongue, for instance, whether...purpose of producing a greater proportion of milk. The vertebra, the ribs, and the bones in general, are given to their cattle by the Icelanders, and by the...
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The harvest of the sea, a contribution to the natural and economic history ...

James Glass Bertram - 1869 - 546 pages
...whether fresh or salted, is a great delicacy ; the gills are careI'ully preserved, to be employed us baits in fishing ; the liver, which is large and good...purpose of producing a greater proportion of milk. The vertebne, the ribs, and the bones in general, are given to their cattle by the Icelanders, and by the...
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The Harvest of the Sea: Including Sketches of Fisheries & Fisher Folk

James Glass Bertram - 1873 - 370 pages
...the parts of the cod are adapted for the nourishment of man and animals, or for some other purposes of domestic economy. The tongue, for instance, whether...purpose of producing a greater proportion of milk. The vertebrse, the ribs,*and the bones in general, are given to their cattle by the Icelanders, and by...
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Half hours in the deep

Half hours - 1875 - 360 pages
...and his family with food. The Norwegians, on whose coast the cod is very abundant, give it together with marine plants to their cows, for the purpose of producing a greater quantity of milk. In Iceland the bones afford nourishing food for cattle, and the people of Kamschatka...
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The Treasures of the Deep: Or, A Descriptive Account of the Great Fisheries ...

Treasures - 1876 - 744 pages
...swimming-bladder furnishes an isinglass not inferior to that yielded by the sturgeon ; the head, in places where the cod is taken, supplies the fishermen...with marine plants to their cows, for the purpose of stimulating a greater production of milk. The vertebrse, the ribs, and the bones in general are given...
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Chapters on everyday things, or, Histories and marvels in common life, by ...

Mary Elizabeth Beck - 1878 - 280 pages
...fishing ; the liver, which is large and good for eating, also furnishes an enormous quantity of oil, an excellent substitute for that of the whale, and...purpose of producing a greater proportion of milk. 1 The Country. The vertebrae, and the bones in general, are given by the Icelanders to their cattle...
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