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THE MARINE AND FRESH-WATER FISHES OF 

 GREAT YARMOUTH AND ITS NEIGHBOURING 

 COASTS, RIVERS, AND BROADS. 



By Arthur Patterson, 



Author of ' Man and Nature on the Broads,' &c. 



Notwithstanding that Great Yarmouth, like Amsterdam, 

 may be said to be built on herring-bones — in other words, owes 



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its existence and erstwhile importance to the great North Sea 

 Herring Fishery — ichthyology, apart from those species which 

 have a pecuniary interest for Yarmouthians, has never been a 

 favourite nor a prominent study. Certainly a transient interest 

 was evinced at one time, when the Aquarium (now a theatre) 

 began its brief existence, and when Fishery Exhibitions were a 

 novelty ; and also when the late Frank Buckland stirred some to 



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