FISH AND BIRDS AS CANDLES
The body of the great auk, an extinc bird of the north Atlantic Ocean, wa used for purposes of illumination. Th ancient Danes used a wick of drei moss buried in the stomach of th bird, which was laden with fat. Fist likewise, have been used for lightin* Most striking is the so-called candle fish, a salmon-like species found off th north-west coast of North Americi The fish was dried and then stuck i the end of a split stick of wood. Th fish was so fat and full of oil that n wick seemed to have been necessary The tail of the dogfish has been use by fishermen off the Grand Banks, an the mutton-fish is similarly employe near its native waters off New Zealan<
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXI, 7 June 1938, Page 9
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141FISH AND BIRDS AS CANDLES Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXI, 7 June 1938, Page 9
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