FISH NOTES 227 



It was a "toss-up" with the coastguardsman who 

 saw it come ashore whether he should throw it on 

 a manure heap, but being overruled by the advice 

 of his friends, he drove it to the Fishwharf, where, 

 after a brisk competition, it was knocked down to 

 a local fish merchant for %, and was preserved for 

 him. Two or three others only are recorded for 

 this locality, each of them found on the beach after 

 severe gales. 



There were three small Herrings washed up at the 

 tide-mark on 2nd April 1892 respectively measuring 

 3 inches, 5 inches, and 7 inches in length. I was 

 interested in the appearance of the second fish, and, 

 to my surprise, found a fairly well -developed roe 

 within it. 



In October 1894 some blasting operations took 

 place on a submerged wreck. The explosions killed 

 several fishes, which floated ashore. The best find I 

 made was a 28 Ibs. Cod, and, having no other means 

 of carrying it, I strung it on the barrel of my gun 

 by running it under the gill-cover and out at the 

 mouth, and so managed to carry home a very 

 interesting capture. 



