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the eyes becoming inflated with air, so that they cannot after- 

 wards sink themselves. This is reputed to be from terror ! 



Whiting (G. merlangus). — An abundant species, particularly 

 in the colder months, affording excellent sport to sea-anglers. 

 Fishing from a boat, in 1905, some Lowestoft anglers secured 

 three hundred Whitings. " Plentiful off Lowestoft. ... On the 

 coasts of Norfolk and Suffolk only attains about two-thirds the 

 size of those on the Devonshire coast " (J. H. G.). Mr. Canova 

 informs me that a 7 lb. example was taken off Southwold on a 

 long line laid for Cod. Mr. Dutt, on the authority of Calver, the 

 old Waveney water-bailiff, informs me that "one November 

 morning in 1900, two small Whitings were taken in an Eel-set 

 at the mouth of the dyke connecting Flixton Decoy with the 

 Waveney." 



Coal-fish (G. virens). — On the authority of Wake this species 

 occurs off Southwold : I suspect it cannot be by any means rare, 

 especially in a juvenile state, but I have not myself observed 

 it in Suffolk. Has been captured off Claremont Pier, Lowes- 

 toft (Kobson). Mr. H. Bunn has "seen bushels brought into 

 Lowestoft." 



Pollack {G. jJollachius). — Small examples under a pound 

 weight often taken by sea-anglers. Southwold (Wake). 



Hake (Merlucius vulgaris). — Not by any means common off 

 East Anglian coasts [30 in. example recorded, Feb. 1847, at 

 Sherringham] . Southwold (Wake). Mr. H. Bunn states that 

 "the fishermen think a lot of it for eating." 



Ling (Molva vulgaris). — Given for Southwold in Wake's list. 

 Mr. Charles Clarke, in a ' Popular Guide to Aldeburgh,' states 

 that " if the angler care to prolong his trip [to late autumn], 

 and go to the rocks at the northern end of the town, he will have 

 good sport with the Codling and Cod, now and then getting a 

 Ling and a Conger." 



Buebolt (Lota vulgaris). — Described by Sir Thomas Browne 

 as found " in the rivers of marshland, resembling an Eele and 

 a Cod." " In Norfolk it is taken in small numbers in the Yare, 

 Bure, and the Waveney, penetrating up to their sources " (Dr. 

 Day*). I have never seen an example, except those preserved 

 in Norwich Museum. Old Breydoners, in describing it to me, 



:;: 'British Fishes,' vol. i. p. 311. 



