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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 129 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MENES , the, name of the founder of the 1st See also:

Dynasty of See also:historical See also:kings of See also:Egypt. He appears at the See also:head of the lists not only in See also:Herodotus and See also:Manetho, but also in the native See also:Turin See also:Papyrus of Kings and the lists of See also:Abydos, while the See also:list in use. The See also:Indians and See also:white settlers used it as a manure, and the name is See also:Narragansett for " fertilizer." Its scientific name is Clupea (or Alosa) See also:menhaden and Brevoortia tyrannus. It is allied to the See also:European See also:species of See also:shad and See also:pilchard, and, like the latter, approaches the See also:coast in immense shoals, which are found throughout the See also:year in some See also:part of the littoral See also:waters between See also:Maine and See also:Florida, the See also:northern shoals retiring into deeper See also:water or to more See also:southern latitudes with the approach of See also:cold See also:weather. The See also:average See also:size of the menhaden is about 12 in. It is too bony and oily for a table-See also:fish, but is used as bait for See also:cod and See also:mackerel. A large See also:fleet is engaged in the See also:fishery; and a See also:great number of factories See also:extract the oil for tanning and currying, and for adulterating other more expensive See also:oils, and manufacture the refuse into a valuable See also:guano.

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