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A OOBKISH FATTNA. 
dusky bars running from tbe back across the lateral line 
towards the belly. It is a small fish, very common in some 
of the West Dartmoor rivers. It is recorded as frequently 
occurring in some of the rivers of Cornwall. The only 
Cornish specimen I myself have ever seen, came from the 
ponds at Tehidy. 
American Lake Trout. {S. Fontindlis.) This fish has been 
recently introduced into the county, at Tehidy, as an experi- 
ment. It is said to attain considerable size, and to afford 
excellent sport. 
CLUPFllDM . — (The Hebeixg Tbibb). 
Pilchard [Clupea pilchardus) is the base of one of the principal 
fishing industries in Cornwall. Without being a migratory 
fish (properly so-called) it swarms in from the deep sea in 
summer and autumn, and keeping in shoals or schools by 
day, it scatters at night, probably to feed. Shoals have been 
taken in excellent condition so late in the year as 24th 
December. A few years since a shoal was taken in the 
lower reaches of Truro river in the month of February, but 
in what condition they were, I do not know. I have, how- 
ever, received pilchards cast on shore in the month of 
F ebruary, and they were utterly unfit for food. It is probable 
that the sardine is pilchard. 
Herring. ( Clupea Ha/rengus). Large quantities of this fish are 
taken off our coasts in the fall of the year, but they are 
nowhere in Cornwall of sufficient importance to maintain a 
separate fishery. 
Sprat. {C. sprattus). Any quantity of this delicious little clupeid 
could be obtained on our coasts if nets of a proper mesh 
were used, but it happens to come with its more valuable 
congeners the pilchard and the herring, and it is not there- 
fore separately sought after. When economy in our fisheries 
comes to be studied, it will doubtless receive the attention of 
which it is worthy. At present, when a shoal of sprats is 
captured, some are sold for food at 2d. a quart, but the 
larger part are sold for manure. 
Whitebait ( Clupea alba) was formerly considered as a distinct fish. 
It is now certain that some whitebait are young herrings, 
and it is probable that aU whitebait are the young of clupeid 
