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THE ZOOLOGIST. 



in the ' Transactions ' of the Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' 

 Society : — 



Beturn of Herrings landed at Lowestoft in 1907. 



Month. 



January 



February 



March 



April 



May 



June 



Lasts. 



Month. 



Lasts. 





Brought forward . . 



. 1,277 





July 



37 



34 





28 



979 



September 



75 



100 



October 



15,602 



164 



November 



18,579 





December 



3,599 



1,277 









39,197 lasts. 





Return of Herrings landed at Lowestoft in 1908 



Lasts. 



Month. 

 January 

 February 

 March . 

 April .... 

 May .... 

 J une 



20 

 550 

 40 

 53 



Month. 

 Brought forward . . 



July 



August 



September 



Lasts. 



663 

 48 

 26 

 252 



October 15,476 



November 16,701 



December 2,084 



Carried forward ... 663 



Total 35,250 lasts. 



" Being arrived on the fishing-ground," says Gillingwater, 

 " in the evening (the proper time for fishing), they shoot their 

 nets, extending about 2200 yards in length and eight in depth, 

 which, by the help of small casks, called 'bowls,' fastened on one 

 side, at a distance of 44 yards from each other, cause the nets 

 to swim in a position perpendicular to the surface of the water. 

 If the quantity of fish caught in one night amounts to only a few 

 thousands they are salted, and the vessels, if they have no better 

 success, continue on the fishing- ground two or three nights 

 longer, salting the fish as they are caught, till they have obtained 

 a considerable quantity, when they bring them into the roads, 

 where they are landed and lodged in the fish-houses. Some- 

 times when the quantity of fish is very small they will continue 

 on the fishing-ground a week or ten days, but in general they 

 bring in the fish every two or three days, and sometimes oftener, 

 which frequently happens, and instances have been known where 



