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  THE 
  ZOOLOGIST. 
  

  

  It 
  has 
  been 
  reported 
  to 
  the 
  Cornwall 
  Sea 
  Fisheries 
  Committee, 
  at 
  

   Truro, 
  that 
  the 
  whole 
  of 
  the 
  drift 
  Pilchard 
  fishery 
  off 
  the 
  south 
  coast 
  

   of 
  the 
  county 
  was 
  being 
  " 
  held 
  up 
  " 
  by 
  a 
  plague 
  of 
  Dog-fish, 
  and 
  that 
  

   nearly 
  fifteen 
  hundred 
  fishermen 
  were 
  being 
  deprived 
  of 
  their 
  means 
  

   of 
  livelihood. 
  One 
  member 
  stated 
  that 
  the 
  fish 
  were 
  as 
  thick 
  as 
  the 
  

   water 
  was 
  deep, 
  that 
  one 
  shoal 
  would 
  extend 
  for 
  miles, 
  and 
  that 
  not 
  

   only 
  did 
  the 
  fish 
  eat 
  the 
  whole 
  catch 
  of 
  Pilchards, 
  but 
  nets 
  and 
  ropes 
  

   and 
  corks. 
  The 
  Committee 
  accepted 
  a 
  notice 
  of 
  motion 
  to 
  appoint 
  

   experts 
  to 
  consider 
  the 
  whole 
  question. 
  — 
  Sun, 
  Dec. 
  2nd. 
  

  

  PRINTED 
  UY 
  WEST, 
  NEWMAN 
  AND 
  L'O.. 
  HATTON 
  OAHDEN, 
  LONDON. 
  

  

  