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Norfolk waters, but does not seem to attain to such dimensions 

 in Suffolk. It is found in Oulton Broad. 



Dace (L. vulgaris). — Occurs at Oulton Broad, but of small 

 size. Mr. Tilney, of Beccles, tells me that a brother-in-law of 

 his had good sport with this fish when angling with the fly in 

 the vicinity of the Ellingham Mills in the evening. 



Minnow (L. phoxinus). — Mr. C. W. Long assures me that 

 Minnows are to be caught in East Suffolk, but was not sure 

 himself of the precise locality. 



Tench (Tinea vulgaris). — I saw a nice example captured in 

 the Waveney near the church steps on Aug. 13th, 1909. One 

 had been captured there weighing 3 lb. 2 oz. The late Dr. 

 Norman caught one " near Yarmouth " in the seventies, most 

 probably at Fritton Lake, weighing 5 lb. 14 oz. Christopher 

 Davies (' Kivers and Broads,' p. 21) mentions that "a bow-net 

 set just below the town of Beccles had sixteen brace of fine 

 Tench in it when taken up. The attraction in this case was a 

 bright-coloured bunch of flowers fastened inside." 



[Golden Tench. — Has become naturalized in several ponds, 

 and appears to have thriven fairly well. They were first intro- 

 duced into this country when Frank Buckland was so keen upon 

 pisciculture. He wrote : " These were first brought over by Sir 

 Stephen Lakeman from Pomerania, at the time of the dinner of the 

 Acclimatization Society in . St. James's Hall." Writes Dr. Day : 

 "Although this variety renders it a valuable addition in pieces 

 of ornamental water, its colours, on the other hand, cause it to 

 be readily perceived by its enemies, including poachers."] 



Yellow Bream (Abramis brama). — Common. Large ex- 

 amples occasionally taken in the deep waters of the Waveney, 

 at St. Olave's, on the neap tides. Very large and very slimy in 

 Fritton Lake. Found at Oulton. An example caught at Beccles 

 in August, 1907, weight 6 lb. 



White Bream {A. blicca). — Mr. T. E. Gunn exhibited a case 

 of these fish at the Fisheries Exhibition, London, in 1883, 

 labelled thus : " Group of four fish caught in Fritton Broad, 

 Sept. 1881, by T. E. Gunn, the largest weighing 3 lb." 



[Pomeranian Bream (Leuciscxis buggenhagii). — One, un- 

 doubtedly a cross between Abramis and the Roach, is exhibited 

 at the Wherry Hotel.] 



