22 THE ZOOLOGIST. 



haul out considerable quantities of Atherines, as well as nume- 

 rous young Herrings no larger than " whitebait." They, how- 

 ever, caught numbers of four-inch Bibs (Gadus luscus). Bibs of 

 the same size were abundantly taken in the Yarmouth shrimp- 

 nets all summer and autumn. There were unprecedented 

 numbers of small Bass, locally known as " Sea Perch," taken 

 on Breydon in August and September. In August they measured 

 4|- in. ; some taken in October I measured at 7j in., an evident 

 quick growth of three inches in three months. 



On Aug. 16th a photographic illustration of a Sunfish (Ortha- 

 goriscus mold), recently captured at East Bunton, was published 

 in the 'Eastern Daily Press.' It measured 20 in. from nose to 

 tail, and 30 in. from tip of dorsal fin to tip of anal fin. From 

 what I can gather, it was subsequently cut up for crab-bait. 



On Sept. 1st, at the entrance of Wroxham Broad, some thirty 

 miles up river, a Flounder was taken on a leger, the bait being 

 a worm. 



" Sept. 20th. The rivers during the past two or three days 

 had been full of fresh brown water, pumped from the overflowed 

 marshes ; Bream and Boach taken in smelt-nets, and seen well 

 towards the harbour-mouth " (excerpt from note-book). 



So enormous was the downpour of back waters, after the 

 cloud burst, that for days, on the strong ebbs, the freshets 

 pushed out of the harbour right away into the roadstead, going 

 out at the Corton Gat (half-way to Lowestoft), being deflected 

 when the returning flood-tide from the northward set in. For 

 two or three days I suspected that no salt water came into the 

 harbour from the sea, a fortunate circumstance for the marsh- 

 men. 



Several Sea-Trout {Salmo trutta) were netted on Breydon 

 during the autumn, and one was recorded in the ' Angler's 

 News ' of Sept. 21st as having been taken with gentles at 

 Oulton Broad. 



Sharks, little and big, of divers species, seem to have been 

 very troublesome on the Herring-grounds all the way from Scot- 

 land downwards. Two nine-feet Porbeagles were brought into 

 port in the middle of October, having been entangled in the 

 Herring-nets. 



The spring and early summer Mackerel fishery was pursued 



