Clafs IV. Pe ED AG D, 293 
The numbers that are taken at one fhooting out 
of the nets, is amazingly great. Doétor Borla/e af- 
fured ‘me, that on the 5th of Offober, 1767, there 
were at one time inclofed in St. Jves’s Bay 7000 
hogfheads, each hogfhead containing 35000 fifh, 
in all 245000000, 
This fifh has a general likenefs to the herring, 
but differs in fome particulars very effentially; we 
therefore defcribe it comparatively with the other, 
having one of each fpecies before us, both of them 
of the fame length, viz. nine inches and an half. 
The body of the pilchard is lefs compreffed than 
that of the herring, being thicker and rounder : the 
nofe is fhorter in proportion, and turns up : the un- 
der jaw is shorter. 
The back is more elevated: the belly lefs fharp: 
the dorfal fin of the pilchard is placed exactly in the 
centre of gravity, fo that when taken up by it, the 
body preferves an equilibrium, whereas that of the 
herring dips at the head: the dorfal fin of the pil- 
chard we examined, being placed only three inches 
eight tenths from the tip of the nofe; that of the 
herring four inches one tenth. 
The fcales of the pilchard adhere very clofely, 
whereas thofe of the herring very eafily drop off. 
The pilchard is in general lefs than the herring ; 
the fpecimen we defcribe being a very large one. 
The pilchard is fatter, or more full of oil. 
ES. The 
Defer. 
