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and visitors, send specimens of each, stating the 

 precise time at which they were taken. 

 Note. — It is particularly important to have specimens 



of the large herring said to be taken in the Shetland and 



Orkney Isles and also in Loch Fyne. 



Board of Fisheeies, Edineukgh, 

 January 1857. 



ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS IN AID OF THE OBSERVATIONS TO 

 SOLVE THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE HERRING, ORDERED 

 BY THE LORDS OF THE COMMITTEE OF PRIVY COUNCIL FOR 

 TRADE. 



1. Give the date, day, and hour of casting the nets. 



2. State where — the distance from the shore, and the 

 direction from the nearest headland. 



3. State — The depth of water by sounding 



fathoms. Length of buoy-rope, fathoms. Depth 



of net, fathoms. Whether the upper or the lower 



part of the net was best fished. The nature of the ground 

 where caught — whether gravelly, rocky, sandy, &c. 



4. Give — the direction and force of the wind and the 

 state of the atmosphere ; the temperature of the air by 

 thermometer; the temperature of the water at the surface 

 by thermometer ; the temperature of the water below by 

 deep-sea thermometer, and at what depth. Any other 

 similar remarks, as for instance — the colour of the water, 

 the clearness of the sea, thunder-clouds, &c, 



5. State the quantity caught ; what sort of herrings ; 

 the average size. 



Board of Fisheries, Edinburgh, 

 January 1857. 



These queries illustrate the truth that hitherto very 

 little has been known as to the herring and its habits, 



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