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aiackarel. 
Scowh^r, Scomh-n,, Jokston. 
Scomhcr scoJer W.lloughbt; p. 181 , tab. M. 4. 
“ J-'TSH.sus. Cuvier. Bloch; pi. 54, 
Sromhre mnqnereau, 
Sccnbe. .ulcjaris, Lxckpehr. ^,3,0. 
“ “ Tleming; Br. Animals, p. 217 . 
“ <• Jenyus; Manual, p. 360. 
“ ■ Yarrell; Br. Fishes, vol. i, p. 137 
Gather; Cat. Br. M., vol. ii, p. 357. 
valued for the table highly 
importance to fishemen ll’ an object of 
labour in pursuing S Tb "“‘I 
Islands, and r I^-tish 
fish occupy a" il el r ; 
of^£ s:;ef:f 
AvS theytr" °^t b southernmost point beyoni 
althounb been met with being the Canary Islands- 
although even a wider range than this has been assigned to 
them by observers who had not learnt to distinguish bet^v 
our Common Mackarel and a kindred specier C \.b 
found they shew themselves an ever-wandering race, which ""S 
_ 1 ion to a habit of periodical movement, are led by other 
impulses to be continually shifting their ground anJ ib 
render the pursuit after them onel the mlt unci fh" 
an be imagined. Some indeed are to be found on the coasts 
ot Biitain in every month of the year and ai 1 i 
« they have thus occasionally beie abundl; 
tei these are for the most part scattered individuals that 
ifFer in many_ respects from the schools which are sought hv 
y fishermen in the early months of the year. It is in 
u««.r, or early in February Urat »ba. are caUed Ure %Z 
