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specimens in a field near Acle. I have seen odd 

 ones swimming voluntarily in the Bure. 



CETACEAN NOTES 



The Porpoise, although claiming to be common 

 off the Yarmouth coast, is somewhat capricious 

 in its visits. Odd examples and sometimes small 

 companies are seen tumbling about in the road- 

 stead, and they disappear as unexpectedly as they 

 come. In autumn the Porpoise hangs around the 

 herring shoals, and now and again makes a great 

 mistake by entangling itself in the herring-nets. 

 It is treated to a short shrift indeed when hauled 

 aboard the drifter in order to save still further 

 muddling and mauling of the nets. Two men, 

 who had been using a 'longshore net, secured a 

 Porpoise, which they brought into the town alive 

 on a net-barrow for exhibition. Thinking to keep 

 it fresh and lively, they occasionally poured a 

 pail of fresh water over it, and tried their hardest 

 to pour the water down its blowholes ! They 

 eventually succeeded in suffocating the hapless 

 beast. 



During the year 1891 an unusual number of 



