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diet of the dcab, which diet however, as on former occasions, con- 
sisted for the most part of the Livid Swimming Crab. In addition 
to the other forms tabulated, and which present nothing worthy of 
further notice at the present time, the following are interesting ; — 
At Holy Island one of the number of cod caught by the fishermen 
on the line was measured and weighed, the figures being 31 in. and 
14| lb., and this size appeared to be very common. This particular 
cod had been feeding upon an edible crab and a gurnard. The 
anglers observed during the season were feeding upon dabs, plaice, 
weevers, whitings, and sand eels. 
