HABITS OF SCAD OK HORSE MACKEREL. 



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creased in size at the rate of one inch in length and one 

 ounce and a half in weight per month." 



SCAD, OR HORSE MACKEREL. 



[Scomber trachurus.) 

 German: Der Stocker. Danish: Hestmakrel. French: LeSaurel. 



The Scad, or Horse Mackerel, is rather smaller in size 

 than the common mackerel. Its name, therefore, is 



SCAD, OR HORSE MACKEREL. ~ ' 



not derived from its size, but from the supposed coarse- 

 ness of its flesh. It is occasionally abundant on various 

 parts of the English coasts, particularly Cornwall and 



MACKEREL BOATS. 



Devon. The usual habit of this fish is to keep near tlie 

 ground ; but when they are in shoals, and pursuing 

 some favourite food, they are said sometimes to become 

 so eager as to thrust each other in heaps on the land. 



