370 THE ZOOLOGIST. 



A few items selected from Buckland's Eeport are appended : — 



Year. 



xiunaieas caugnc 

 (120 in each hundred). 



Total amount 

 realized. 







£ s. d, 



1864 



525 



66 5 



1866 



2,367 



2,598 15 



1868 



4,124 



5,155 



1870 



6,612 



8,265 



1872 



3,334 



4,167 



1874 



3,147 



3,933 15 



To Mr. H. J. Henderson, the present Harbour Master at 

 Lowestoft, I am indebted for the past two years' records : — 



Mackerel Fishing, 1908-9. 



Month. 



Mackerel landed. 



Equal to 



Number of 

 Boats. 



1908. 



1909. 



April 



May 



To July 11th 



Total 



Hundreds 

 22 

 6,802 

 13,344 

 94 



Hundreds 

 13 

 4,502 

 15,484 

 537 



1908, 

 202 lasts. 



1909, 

 205 lasts. 



1908, 

 49 boats. 



1909, 

 54 boats. 



20,262 



20,536 



407 lasts. 





The average price for each year would be about nine shillings 

 per hundred of one hundred and twenty fish. 



Against the above, the Wharf Master's figures, at Yarmouth, 

 are as follows : — 



From April 1st, 1908, to March 31st, 1909 : Boats, 45 ; lasts, 

 239 = 1,390,000 fish. 



From April 1st, 1909, to August 20th, 1909 : Boats, 47; lasts, 

 256 = 1,560,000 fish. 



The capricious movements of the Mackerel have already been 

 hinted at ; they seem to come as they like, and stay away when 

 the humour seizes them. I am satisfied that these apparent 

 eccentricities are entirely due to tidal and other influences, which 



