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The word Lowestoft appears in Dodd's book as 

 " Loestoff." In the map provided by Ives in his 

 *' Garianonum " it appears as " Leaystofe. " Its 

 modem local pronunciation is as if it were spelt 

 '* Low-stoff." Fifty years or so ago it was pro- 

 nounced '* Lest off." In Domesday Book it is entered 

 under the name " Loth-Wistoft," a Saxon or Scandi- 

 navian name, i,e,, the green-knoll (Toft) by the slow 

 flowing stream (Loth). 



A Glut. — Sixty million herrings were landed at 

 Yarmouth in one single day, 22 Oct., 1907. One 

 hundred million had been caught but, as there was 

 not enough quay space, incoming boats left Yarmouth 

 and went to Grimsby to unload. One boat brought 

 in a quarter of a million herrings. The price landed 

 on the quay opened at 12^. and fell to 3*. per 1,000 

 herrings. At 125. per 1,000 three pounds weight of 

 _ herrings cost one penny. 



IB In 14 weeks, from mid-Sept, to 20 Dec, 1913, there 

 were landed at Yarmouth 825 million herrings, 

 weighing 157,000 tons, valued at one million sterling 

 landed. The prices ranged from 7s. to 91^. per 1,000. 

 Most of the herrings went to Russia and Germany. 

 Large quantities of smoked herrings were sold to 

 Italy, Greece, Turkey, the Levant and Palestine. 

 The like of the Yarmouth fishing in 1913 had never 

 been known in any other port in the world. 



In 1915 120 million herrings were landed at 

 Yarmouth. The average value was 805. per 1,000; 

 the prices varied from 40^. to 146*. France and 

 America bought largely. 



In 1917 only 5,700 tons of herrings were landed in 

 England ; average value about 875. per 1,000, about 

 2J(i. per lb. 



