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Scomber scomber (L.). Mackerel. 
No less than 3 lasts (39, GOO fish) brought in by one boat, 
October 20th, 1898. Enormous examples : largest on local record, 
October 21st, length 21 1 inches, girth 12 inches, weight 3 lbs. 
/ ozs. Fine one landed on Wharf, May 18th, 1898 ; another 
June 18th, 1898; and another measuring 19.1 inches long, on the 
1 6th October. Heavy catches (reminding one of old times of 
Spring Mackerel Fishing) on May 9th, 1898, and one or two days 
previously ; heavy West wind on the 11th. — A. P. I)r. Day says 
the ordinary size of Mackerel for the table is from 14 — 16 inches 
in length. Buckland recorded one in 1879, 18 inches long, and 
which weighed 2 lbs. 11 ozs. Mr. Cornish recorded one from 
Penzance, 18A inches long, and 2 lbs. 8 ozs. in weight; one taken 
at Poulton, 21 lbs. ; while one taken at Hastings in 185G weighed 
2 ozs. more. 80 that Yarmouth beats the usual record. — A.P. 
Zeus faber (L.). Doree. 
A Doree, 8f lbs. in weight, was taken in a drift-net with Herrings 
off Yarmouth, 2nd October, 189G, a very unusual capture ; its last 
meal consisted of seven Herrings. A very small one, 4^ inches long, 
was caught in a shrimp-net on 18th of the previous May. 
* Centrolophus pompilus (Cuv. and Yah). Blackfish. 
A living specimen was found cast up on the beach at Sea Palling, 
after the severe N.E. gales, about 27th March, 1898 ,- seen by me 
shortly after. — T. S. 
Brama raii (Bl.). Bay’s Bream. 
Specimens occurred at Caistor on the 23rd November, 1894, 
and October, 1895. Generally found left by the tide after heavy 
weather. — T. S. 
Ziphias gladius (L.). Sword-fish. 
One was landed at Lowestoft, 27th September, 1897. — A. P. 
(Trans. Norfolk and Norwich Nat. Soc. vol. vi. p. 294; ‘Daily 
Press,’ September 30th, 1897). 
Lophius piscatorius (L.). Angler. 
Frequently met with on our coists; sometimes of very large size 
in summer and autumn. One brought in Yarmouth, 3rd June, 1897, 
