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weighing 84 lbs., came a.sliore at Thorpe, near Aldborough, 30th 
August, 1808 .” — Vide Heles’ Aldborough, p. 182. 
Fam. XVI. — ScOMBERIDiE. 
Scomber scomber (L.) Mackarel. 
Yarmouth, “abundant.” — P. “Sometimes they are of a very 
large size ; and one taken this year, 1668, which was by measure 
an ell long, and of the length of a good salmon, at Lowestoft.” — 
Sir Thomas Browne. 
Couch says the largest he ever saw measured half an inch over 
two feet. 
Scomber thynnus (L.) Tunny. 
Mr, Gurney writes ; — “An immature specimen taken off the 
Suffolk coast, near Southwold, I believe, is preserved in the 
Norwich Museum.” 
T. E. Gunn mentions one taken at Yarmouth, Oct. 6th, 1870, 
6 ft. 9 in. in length, 4 ft. 4 in. in girth, weight 224 lbs. 
“ Small specimens not unfrequently taken during the mackarel 
fishery.” — Paget. 
Auxis rochei (Giinth.) Plain Bonito. 
Two which were taken in June, 1839, off Yarmouth, came into 
Mr. Yarrell’s possession : British Fishes, vol, i. p. 160. 
A third, also taken off Yarmouth, July 1847, is now in the 
Museum of the Cambridge Philosophical Society.— T. E. Gunn. 
Naucrates ductor (L.) Pilot Fish. 
“ Many years since I saw a specimen freshly caught on the 
Suffolk coast, and sent for preservation to the late kir. J. Tims, 
of Norwich, in whose house it was unfortunately destroyed by a 
fire on the premises.” — J. H. G. 
Zeus faber (L.) Doree. 
Hitherto considered rare, but this summer (1834,) several have 
been caught on the Knowl by the turbot fishers.”— 
“ Occasionally but not frequently sent from Yarmouth to the 
Norwich inarket.” — J. H. G. 
