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protruding some way beyond the very puffy upper 

 lip. This example was figured in the Zoologist in 

 July 1897. 



LARGE HERRING 



The largest Herring I ever saw was a Norwegian 

 example brought here in December 1900. Amongst 

 quite a number of 15-inch specimens shown to me, 

 one half an inch longer was discovered. It weighed 

 over 14 ounces. Another 15-inch fish was 7J inches 

 in girth, and scaled 14 J ounces. 



AN INTERESTING EXPERIMENT 



A steam trawler from this port, named the Teal, 

 in June 1899 went on a fishing trip to the Bay of 

 Biscay. On the 24th this vessel landed at the 

 Fishwharf quite a miscellaneous assortment of 

 interesting species of fishes. The catches roughly 

 enumerated were as follow : 50 Dorys, 100 Sea 

 Bream, 3 trunks of Piper Gurnards, 500 Hake, 

 besides small numbers of other rock-loving fishes. 

 They made disappointing prices, and were speedily 

 distributed amongst the various fishmongers, not 

 for remunerative disposal, but as novelties for 



