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MR. A. PATTERSON ON SOME RARE SEA-FISHES. 
do — into the shrimping-grounds with the men, and help them to 
sort the Shrimps as they are caught, would undoubtedly find 
the process profitable. I think in 1834 Paget wrote something 
to the same effect, but hitherto nobody seems to have tried the 
experiment. Most of the species here recorded have been 
picked up with my own fingers, either out of the draw-net refuse, 
or at the high-water mark. 
* Boar-fish (C a pros aper). On the morning of July 9th, 1881, 
it was my good fortune to espy, quite by accident, lying on a 
shrimper’s board, a little red fish, which I purchased and found to 
be a Boar-fish, at that time new to the Norfolk list. A second 
specimen was found dead on Yarmouth beach on May 1st, 
1882. 
Sword-fish ( Xiphias gladius). I recorded in the ‘ Daily Press ’ 
for November 2nd, 1881, a specimen of this fish, measuring a 
little over seven feet in length, which came ashore at Palling on 
the 31st of October of that year. 
Rock Goby ( Gobius niger). On the authority of the late 
Mr. P. J. Cresswell, Dr. Lowe records the lirst Norfolk specimen 
of this fish, taken at Hunstanton, June 13th, 1870. One was 
brought me by a shrimper, August 13th, 18S9. Two others, 
locally taken, have been brought me since. 
Speckled Goby (Gobius parnelli). I met with this fish about 
the 7th of May, 1890, when overhauling the “take” of a small 
Breydon trawler. I have since seen several specimens. 
* White Goby (Aphia peUucida). A shrimp-lad brought me 
on June 9th, 1890, a small semi-transparent, smelt-like fish 
measuring one and three-quarter inches in length. He also 
brought me two or three others on the 21st of the same month, 
which I sent to Dr. Giinther, who very kindly informed me that 
they belonged to this species. 
Lesser Grey Mullet (Mugil chelo var. septentrionalis). A 
small Mullet, measuring seven and a half inches in length, was 
taken on Breydon on November 10th, 1890, which Mr. Southwell 
referred to this variety. Dr. Lowe gives the late Mr. F. J. Cresswell 
as his authority for the occurrence of M. cheio in the Norfolk 
estuary. 
* Power Cod ( Gadus minutus ). On the 6th April, 1890, 
I found a specimen of this fish on the Yarmouth beach. It 
