SOME FISH-NOTES FROM GREAT YARMOUTH. 7 



matter because two or three intelligent fishermen have recently 

 spoken to me most emphatically in favour of such a condition 

 being frequent. 



The stomachs of some Eels taken in marsh ditches by means 

 of a net, in August, I found to contain only a quantity of 

 Gammaridce. 



Occasionally the smaller Pike will condescend to patronize an 

 angler's worm. A gentleman fishing in the Bure at Acle, one 



Boar Fish (Capros aper). 



day in September, hooked and landed on a small worm a "jack" 

 of 4 lb. weight ; and within half an hour another angler, fishing 

 with a worm, landed a 2-pounder. 



The bottom of the cutting (leading into the Waveney) wherein 

 my houseboat lies moored is, in summer, covered with a bright 

 green, luxuriantly-growing coat of " silk weed." Some Swans came 

 daily in August and early in September to feast on it ; and several 

 Eoach which I dissected had their stomachs packed with it.* 



The hordes of Herrings crowding each autumn into local 

 waters would seem to be as numerous as ever, if a greater 

 catching power and a record harvest are any criterion. The 



* This weed is occasionally used as a successful Roach bait by London 

 angkrs. — (Ed.) 



