CONGER. 75 



were landed and sold at 22s. per hundred, equal 

 to 880. Subsequently 75,000 were taken, and 

 three boats took 5000 each, price 20s. per hun- 

 dred. So many mackerel landed in one week have 

 scarcely ever been recollected by the " oldest in- 

 habitant." 



Mackerel are usually fished for by whiffing 

 across the tide either under sail, or by swift rowing; 

 baiting with a sand eel, last, squid, or piece of 

 pilchard. 



THE CONGER. 



Conger vulgaris, Cuvier. 

 Murana conger, Linnaeus. 



I pass over the freshwater eel, as a description is 

 unnecessary in this work, and at once come to the 

 marine species, or conger. Well known on all our 

 rocky shores, but especially on the Cornish coast, 

 they are often caught off the rocky parts of the 

 eastern coast, and sometimes at the mouth of the 

 Thames in winter; they are usually caught with 



