18 THE ZOOLOGIST. 
and the Camel, though during the last few years mine-pollution 
has almost destroyed both Salmon- and Peal-fishing in the 
Fowey. Salmon will at times linger for weeks at its mouth 
without attempting to enter the river till a heavy flood has puri- 
fied its waters (H. J. Rowse), and in many cases, according to the 
local fishermen, will pass out to sea again without entering at all. 
The Camel and the Fowey are among the latest Salmon rivers 
in England, the bulk of the fish appearing in November and 
December. Rod-fishing is allowed up to Nov. 30th. Peal 
(Salmo trutta, L., var. cambrensis, Donov.) naturally frequents the 
same rivers asthe Salmon. It begins to run up the Fowey in 
May and the Camel in June (H. J. Rowse). These early fish are 
large but few in number. The smaller fish—the school Peal— 
appear from July or August onwards. The spring Mackerel 
boats often encounter shoals of Peal in the mouth of the Bristol 
Channel, most frequently about ninety miles N.N.W. of the 
Longships. The Trout (Salmo fario, L.) is plentiful in almost 
every non-polluted stream in the county. The indigenous variety 
—at least in the small streams—is cornubiensis, Walb., in which 
the parr finger-marks persist through life, and the length 
rarely exceeds eight inches. Several varieties and species have 
been introduced from time to time into ponds throughout the 
county. 
The Anchovy (Engraulis enchrasicholus, L.) is probably much 
more plentiful out at sea round the Cornish coast in autumn and 
winter than the records would indicate, as the size of mesh in the 
nets of the drift fishermen is much too large to capture it. In ~ 
November, 1871, Matthias Dunn took one hundred and fifty 
thousand in Pilchard-seines set in Mevagissey Bay; and when 
tow-netting just outside the entrance to Falmouth Harbour on 
Dec. 4th, 1902, the writer’s boat passed through a dense shoal 
of undersized fish averaging three to three and a half inches in 
length. <A few are caught every now and then in Pilchard-nets 
all along the south coast and at St. Ives. It is usually scarce, 
however, close inshore, but large shoals have been reported 
during the last eight years by Herring-boats south of the Dod- 
man, off Falmouth Bay, at the mouth of the English Channel, 
and in the lower reaches of the Bristol Channel. In the opinion 
of the fishermen, however, its appearance is much too uncertain 
