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exhibition. Folks are slow to experiment on strange 

 fishes, and prejudices are not easily overcome. I 

 went round to several shops, and discovered among 

 the sundries Hakes, a 14-inch Greater Forkbeard, 

 and several Rose Perch (Scorpcena dactyloptera). 



The steam trawler's experiment proved a losing 

 one, the nets being sadly mauled by the rocky 

 grounds fished over; and the small prices realised, 

 far from offering further inducement to fish in the 

 bay, completely banished the idea of further 

 developments; nor would fair catches under more 

 favourable conditions answer while the public remain 

 prejudiced. 



In July of the same year a trawler landed two 

 boxes of Rose Perch, described as "Norway 

 Haddocks," from the neighbourhood of Heligoland. 

 In small lots these were disposed of as "window 

 attractions'"; very few were afterwards sold for 

 food, the majority eventually going into the refuse 

 boxes under the counter. 



DOUBLE BRILL 



In January 1900 I met with a Double Brill with 

 the "eye-notch*" quite as well defined as in the 



