"the profit of the earth is for all"

THE HOUSEKEEPER'S

GUIDE TO THE FISH-MARKET

FOR EACH MONTH OF THE YEAR;

IN RESPECT OF COMMERCE, ECONOMY, NATURAL HISTORY,
AND STATISTICS.

BY

J. C. BELLAMY, SURGEON ;

Author of " Natural History of South Devon ;" One of the Curators to the
"Devon and Cornwall Natural History Society;" Corresponding
Member of the "Royal Cornwall Geological Society."

LONDON:

LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, & LONGMANS,

PATERNOSTER ROW;

EDWARD NETTLETON, WHIMPLE STREET,

PLYMOUTH,

Printer to Her Majesty and H.R.H, the Duke of Sussex.

1843.

CONTENTS.

1.-INTRODUCTORY Remarks.

2.-Economical Register and Monthly List.

3.-Table shewing the months in which Fishes are

"in season."

4.-Observations respecting the seasons in which Fishes

are edible.-Fish as a Diet.

5.-Observations connected with the economical im-

portance of our Fisheries.

6.-Migrations of the Fishes of Devon and Cornwall.

-Table of the Migrations of the Salmon and

Peal.

7.-Statistical Statements.--Implements used in the

Devon and Cornish Fisheries.-Economical Uses.

-Baits.

8.-General List of the species of Fishes in Devon and

Cornwall.

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