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that these fish are rarely captured, owing to thelr keeping very near 

 the bottom, and their shape allowmg them to pass through the 

 meshes of the fishermen's nets. In severe storms, however, shoals 

 of this Cepola are sometimes killed by being driven against the bot- 

 tom, or dashed against the rocks, and are then thrown on shore dead. 

 Mr. Yarrell remarked that he had heard of two or three instances 

 of this kind recentlv occurring on the British coast. 



