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AN ANNOTATED LIST OF CORNISH FISHES. 
By James Cuark, M.A., D.Sc., A.R.C.S. 
(Concluded from vol. xi. p. 459.) 
Tue Thick-lipped Grey Mullet (Mugil chelo, Cuv.) occurs 
commonly all the year round along the south coast in small 
shoals or schools, and is of frequent occurrence at St. Ives. 
During the summer months it is plentiful in harbours and 
estuaries, and has been reported in the Fowey some distance 
beyond the reach of tidal water. In July, 1904, several were 
taken one afternoon with an artificial fly at Truro Quay; and 
Cunningham mentions that it is common in Swanpool, near 
Falmouth, an almost freshwater ley, into which the Mullet can 
only enter through a narrow grating when they are young and 
quite small. By far the most important catches in the county 
are made at Sennen, near Land’s End, where there is a regular 
Grey Mullet fishery throughout the winter. Enormous schools 
congregate there almost every year, and by means of a special 
draw-seine, the ownership of which is divided into ninety-five 
shares, as many as ten to twelve thousand have been captured 
at a time. The first school is expected about the middle of 
November, and in some seasons the fish are taken all through 
the winter, especially on moonlight nights. They are often seen 
lying for days in an awkward place under the clifis or on a rocky 
ground, and are carefully watched till the school moves into 
shallower water on a sandy bottom, where the seine can be shot. 
They also appear frequently in various coves between Whitsand 
Bay and St. Ives, and are common in Lelant estuary during 
summer and autumn (Vallentin). They have been taken at New- 
quay, and at least once, about seven years ago, at Port Isaac. 
When a seine is shot the fish, as a rule, become very lively and 
excitable, and at times a large number may spring high out of 
the water over the edge of the net. A little straw on the surface 
of the water, however, will prevent their jumping. The Sennen 
