102 MSH. 



lowing allowance in return, viz. six white loaves, 

 six dishes of meat (out of the king's kitchen), one 

 flagon of wine, one flagon of beer, one truss of 

 hay, one bushel of oats, one pricket of wax, six 

 tallow candles. But no precedent appearing of 

 these things having been delivered, they were 

 refused. Records of the Board of Green Cloth. 

 A last of green herrings is 13,200 fish. 



THE SPRAT. 



Clvpea Sprattus, Linnseus and others. 



The sprat, although not so important a fish as 

 either the pilchard or herring, is a most useful 

 one, as in the winter it is the source of suste- 

 nance to thousands of poor people. It is sent to 

 the market in immense quantities, and at a cheap 

 rate, just as the herring season closes. Great 

 quantities are eaten, and as they are of good 

 flavour they are much consumed by all classes. 

 The modes of cooking them are various, and they 



