The codfish iz a child ov the oshun. This ackounts for their being so
salt.
They are caught with a hook and line, and bite a steel trap, and hang on
like a poor relation.
They are good eating for a wet day; they are better than an umbreller to
keep a man dry.
Dried codfish iz one ov the luxurys of life, but codfish three times a
day would weaken mi confidence in them.
Codfish never venture in fresh water; they would soon spile if they did.
I never hav been codfishing miself, but think I should like it better
than fishing for frogs.
I think i could ketch frogs well enuff, but i should insist upon their
taking themselfs off from the hook.
I had rather take a boss bumble bee in mi hand than a live frog, not
bekause I am afraid the frog would bite, but i am afraid ov their
kicking.
Sum people ain't afraid to take ennything with their hands, that they
can reach, not even an eel, but if I should ever git caught by an eel,
if i couldn't settle with him, right off, by giving him the hook and
line, i would throw the pole into the bargin and put for home.
The codfish iz sed tew be an aristokrat, and to keep aloof from the
other fish of hiz size in the sea, and claims tew be a relation of the
whales, but this looks to me rather fishy.
I hav noticed that the codfish alwus haz a stiff upper lip, but I think
this iz more owing tew the bone that iz in him than it iz tew his blood.