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NOTES ON SOME RARER NORFOLK PLANTS. 
at Docking and Wangford (S), Bartsia Odontites on Roughton 
Common, Pedicularis palustris on Roydon Common, Cala- 
mintha Acinos in a field adjoining Castleacre Common on the 
south, and Orchis latifolia on Great Witchingham Common ; 
pinky-white examples of Echium vulgare near Castleacre 
Common and Wangford (S), the blue pigment being suppressed 
and the pink remaining normal, as was the case with flowers of 
Lycopsis arvensis at East Winch. Lilac and white flowers of 
Prunella vulgaris were common on Feltwell Fen. 
IX. 
NOTES ON THE YARMOUTH HERRING 
FISHERY OF 1912. 
By Thomas J. Wigg. 
The autumn fishing commenced much earlier than usual this 
year, and those connected with this industry began to arrive at 
Yarmouth and Lowestoft during the third week in September, 
but it was not until near the end of the month that work was 
begun in earnest. Great preparations had been made for an 
early start, and merchants and their workpeople gathered from 
all parts of the English and Scottish coasts in readiness for the 
harvest of the sea. 
A large number of boats were at sea during the last two or 
three days of September, and, meeting with a great shoal of 
Herrings within easy distance of Yarmouth and Lowestoft, 
heavy catches were made, and about 20,000 crans (1000 fish 
— 1 cran) were landed at each port in one day. Prices at this 
time ranged from 32s. 6d. to 20s. per cran, according to quality 
and the quantity landed. A Yarmouth boat, the “ Sunbeam,” 
beat all records by making a haul of 320 crans (or approximately 
320,000 fish). Two boats were required to bring this prodigious 
catch to port. The fish, when sold, realized £520. 
