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that Great Yarmouth, like Amsterdam, may be said to be built on herring-bones—in other words, owes its existence and erstwhile importance to the great North Sea Herring Fishery—ichthyology, apart from those species which have a pecuniary interest for Yarmouthians, has never been a favourite nor a prominent study. Certainly a transient interest was evinced at one time, when the Aquarium (now a theatre) began its brief existence, and when Fishery Exhibitions were a novelty; and also when the late Frank Buckland stirred some to