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By 13 and 14 Chas. 2nd, cli. 23, if any person not an adven- 
turer in the Fishery, shall make any Pilchards in Casks or 
Funiathoes, to be sold or transported, except of the Adven- 
turers, he shall forfeit the whole of their value. Also any 
Owner or Partner embezzling the Fish, shall pay to the 
others treble the valne, and be committed to the House of 
Correction for the space of three months. Pilchards in any 
state may not be imported into England by Foreigners, on 
pain of forfeiture, by 18 Chas. 2nd, ch. 2, and 9 Geo. 2nd, 
ch. 33. 
Since the publication of the Report of 1835, I have satisfied 
Uiyself that the Pilchard feeds eagerly on the Mackarcl Midge, 
Motella Glauca; and that abundance ot Pilchards heavy wil.li 
r oe, were on our Coasts in April, 1830, thus establishing the 
fact of a vernal as well as autumnal spawning, though probably 
not by the same individual Fishes. In the present year 1837, 
the Fish were full of Melts and Roc, at the end of July, and 
the first fortnight in August, chiefly perhaps through the late- 
Uess and coldness of the spring; which delayed the spawning 
°f several other kinds of Fishes, 
HERRING, c. Ilarcngus. Jenyns, p. 434. Yarrell’s Br. 
F., vol.2, p. 110. 
A few scattered Herrings are taken in August and Septem- 
ber ; and in October and November, they are sufficiently 
abundant to be an object of interest to the Fisherman. No 
extensive Fishery, however, is carried on along the Western 
Coasts, and none of the Fish are prepared for exportation. 
SPRAT. C. Spratlus. Jenyns, p. 435. Yarrell’s Br. F., 
vol. 2, p. 121. The young of the Herring and Pilchard arc 
by Cornish Fishermen separately termed Herring and Pil- 
chard Sprats ; but the difl'erencc of both the latter are 
readily allowed when the real Sprat is laid before them. 
This Fish does not appear until the end of the year; wlnjn 
it is found in the stomachs of Fishes, and at tiroes is taken 
in some abundance in Rivers within reach of the tide. That 
they have not been more noticed, seems to have proceeded 
from their small size, the season of their appearance, aud 
the great abundance of other Fish. 
T WAITE SHAD. C. Finla. Jenyns, p. 437. Yarrell’s 
Br. F., vol. 2, p. 131. This is sparingly taken in Pilchard 
°r Herring Drift Nets, towards the close of the year. 
ALLIS SHAD. C. Alosa. Jenyns, p. 488, Yarrell’s Br. 
P-j vol. 2, p. 137. Scadiua, Alose, and corruptly Alewile. 
Coin in on but not abundant. It more frequently takes a bait 
than others of this Genus. 
ANCHOVY. Engraulis Encrasicliolm. Jenyns, p. 439. 
Yarrell’s Br. F-, vol. 2, p. 140. This Fish abounds towards 
