THE HERRING FLEET AT WORK IN THE NORTH SEA (missing)
A GARDEN IN THE SEA (missing)
Of all the fish in the wide ocean world, the Herringdeserves to be called the king. He gives work tothousands of people, and food to millions. Manytowns exist because of him; if he failed to visit ourseas, these big towns would shrink to tiny villages.
There are several interesting kinds of Herring,but we will first look at the one we know so well,which is such good food, either fresh or as dried"kipper" or "bloater."
The Herring loves to swim in a shoal. From thetime he leaves the egg, during his babyhood, and allthrough his life, he explores the sea with thousandsof other Herrings crowded round him. His nameis from a foreign word--heer or herr, an army. Hisenemies--ourselves among them--find this habitof his a good one. It makes him such easy prey.
Here is a dense shoal of fish, moving slowly alongnear the surface. To catch some is quite easy.The Dolphin, or Shark, or other large fish-hunter,merely has to rush into their ranks with wide-openmouth. Hordes of Dog-fish feast on the edges ofthe shoal. And Gannets, Cormorants, Gulls and othersea-birds can take their fill with ease.
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