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THE ZOOLOGIST. 



Sept. 



19th . 



76 Whitings 



10 Dabs 12 Codlings 



20th . 



. 175 



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9 



56 



5) 



21st . 



313 



»j 



9 



94 



>J 



22nd . 



. 299 



a 



12 



31 



J> 



23rd . 



. 218 



>> 



14 



28 



5> 



24th . 



. 334 



>) 



17 . 



5 



5> 



25th . 



. 417 



a 



35 



4 



ii 



26th . 



. 603 



>> 



24 



2 



it 



27th . 



. 1435 



j> 



25 



1 



it 



28th . 



. 1687 



>> 



19 



7 



a 



These captures were varied by an occasional Dog-fish, Edible 

 Crab (one up to 4 lb.), Coal-fish, and a number of Grey 

 Gurnards. One may imagine that numbers of Whitings must be 

 swarming off the East Coast, when similar results characterized 

 the various piers dotting the East Anglian seaboard. Even 

 better results reward boatmen anchored some little way out to 

 sea. On occasion the shoals are " spotty " ; now and again they 

 bite daintily, and are far from easily hooked, at other times they 

 rush at any bait — lugworm and mussels, not refusing even half- 

 putrid Herring. Sometimes they are on the feed all day, whilst 

 at other times they absolutely refuse all bait until dusk has set 

 in ; while it is notorious that they bite as well, or even better 

 than on the flood-tide. A long continuance of fine weather and 

 placid tides is followed by a falling off in numbers, when a 

 " stir-up " of wind and water would seem necessary to bring in 

 fresh shoals. After a stiffish north-westerly wind Codlings 

 appear, and come on to feed in exciting numbers : — 



Oct. 



7th 



8th 



9th 



10th 



11th 



12th 



1895 Whitings 

 1079 



1174 „ 

 1205 

 2268 

 930 



64 Dabs 

 22 „ 

 20 „ 

 28 „ 

 16 „ 

 45 „ 



7 Codlings 



4 



2 



2 



4 



2 



A few Whitings ran up to 2 lb. in weight, but the majority 

 did not exceed £ lb. One boat fishing with two rods took, 

 respectively, during five days' angling, 64 lb., 64 lb., 36 lb., 73 lb., 

 77 lb. At Lowestoft two sea-anglers with their boatmen captured 

 475 fish in one day ; and on the second their catch was weighed 



