224 AN EAST COAST NATURALIST 



" double " Flounder I ever saw, was fairly struck by 

 the pick-tine through the centre of it. The notch 

 and the stationary eye were marked characteristics of 

 this example. 



Stopping a fish-hawker in the street in the spring 

 of 1901 I examined the contents of his barrow. 

 Noticing the tail of a fish protruding from the 

 mouth of another, I pulled it out, and to my surprise 

 discovered it was a Whiting 7J inches long: its 

 devourer, also a Whiting, was but 9J inches 

 long! 



In June 1901 a passer-by noticed some strange fish 

 floundering about near the quayside piles. Reaching 

 down one of the life-poles kept by the riverside, he 

 succeeded in gaffing a very fair-sized Angler Fish, 

 % feet in length. 



Some years ago old Jack Gibbs, a noted 

 Breydoner, when picking for Eels struck a Conger. 

 The lively creature, which weighed 13 Ibs., gave 

 him a scare, and afterwards some warm work before 

 he managed to get it into his boat. 



A 26-lbs. Conger, also forgetting itself so far as to 

 visit Breydon, was enclosed in a smelt net, and 

 afforded two men half an hour's lively diversion 

 before being finally settled. 



