FISH NOTES 239 



measured feet in length and weighed 8J Ibs. 

 Inside it were found seven Herrings. 



FISH IN ICE 



In January 1895 some interesting correspondence 

 was started in a Norfolk daily paper on the subject 

 of fishes living in ice. The following letter " set the 

 ball rolling " : 



" SIR, Would you mind informing me, by a foot- 

 note in your correspondence column, how long you 

 think it possible for such a fish as a Dace, Minnow, or 

 Perch to live in the centre of a solid block of ice ? 

 I am anxious to get reliable information from someone 

 who thoroughly understands the subject, and having 

 heard so many opinions, coupled with innumerable 

 arguments, must be my excuse for troubling you. 



" PlSCATOR." 



Amongst the replies to this was a note from 

 "Stickleback," who stated 



" I have on several occasions seen Pike and other 

 coarse fish frozen in the ice on our Broads, but have 



