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Mustek marina*' called by some a wesell ling wch 

 salted & dryed becomes a good Lenten dish. 



A Lump or Lumpus Anglorum so named by 

 Aldrouandus by some esteemed a festiuall dish though 

 it afifordeth butt a glutinous jellie & the skinne is beset 

 with stony knobs after no certaine order ours most 

 answereth the first figure in the xiii table of Johnstonus 

 butt seemes more round & arcuated then that figure 

 makes it. 



Before the herrings there comonly cometh a fish about 

 a foot long by the fishman called an horse^^ resembling 

 in all poynts the Trachurus of Rondeletius of a mixed 

 shape between a mackerell & an herring, obseruable 

 from [an oblique bo crossed out\ its greene eyes rarely 

 skye colored back after it is kept a day & an oblique 

 bony line running on ye outside from the gills vnto ye 

 tayle. a drye & hard dish butt makes an handsome 

 picture. 



The Rubelliones or Rochets® butt thinly met with on 

 this coast, the gornart cuculus or Lyrae species more 

 often wch they seldome eat butt bending the back & 

 sprdding the finnes into a liuely posture do hang them 

 up in their howses. 



^ Some member of the family Gadidce is here referred to, probably the 

 five-bearded Rockling, Moiella mustela, or Brown Whistle- fish of Pennant, 

 which is occasionally taken by our fishermen, but is by no means common. 



^^ This is the Horse Mackerel, or Scad, Caranx trachurus ; a handsome 

 fish and common enough, especially off Sheringham, but not much 

 esteemed for the table. 



^* Fish of the Gurnard kind are here referred to. The Rochet of 

 Pennant is the Red Gurnard, Trigla cuculus ; he calls T. lyra the Piper. 

 Large numbers of various species of Gurnard are brought in by our 

 trawlers and sell readily, especially the Sapphirine Gurnard, or Tub-fish 

 (T. hirundo), which is known as the " Lachet" on our coast ; it reaches a 

 large size, and seems to be much in demand for the table. • In spring the 

 colours are very brilliant, and they are frequently seen on the fish stalls 

 with their pectoral fins extended as Browne describes. 



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