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558 wing near it, and looked about the same size.— (Rainworth, Notts).

Anchovy at Yarmouth.—A very fine example of the Anchovy (Engraulis encrasicholus) was taken in a drift-net amongst Herrings, and brought in on Oct. 2nd; length, 7½ in. Dr. Day says it rarely exceeds 6½ in. Another about the same length was brought to me salted on the 31st. Although the numbers of Herrings taken off Yarmouth this season have beaten the record, fewer stranger fishes, e.g. Shads, Pilchards, and even Sharks, have been caught or seen than in other years; and a similar remark applies to the Cetacea.— (Ibis House, Great Yarmouth).

Food of the Eel.—An excellent observer, Richard Holme, of Rusland, informs me that he has seen an Eel swallow a fresh-water Lamprey, tail first. He has also more than once watched an Eel attempting to catch small Trout (or other young Salmonidæ) by snatching at them as they passed by. Once he saw an Eel actually catch one. These notes refer to the stream known as the Rusland Pool.— (Rusland Hall, Ulverston).

[According to Capt. Williamson, an old well-known angling author, "Eels swallow fishes head-foremost."—]