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 FISHES in one year. They were of considerable value as bait for cod and turbot, and were bought for that purpose principally by the Dutch fishermen. A small quantity are still caught annually at Teddington, where a commercial fishery is carried on. Lamperns may certainly be considered rare in Berkshire. The writer saw about a dozen fish of this species collected in a small hole in the gravel in the Lambourn one spring. They were acting in the same manner as lamperns are said to act when breeding, but they were about the size of the next fish mentioned, namely the pride or mud lamprey. 22. Mud Lamprey (Pride, Blind Lamprey, Fringe-lipped Lamprey). Petromyzon brancbialiS) Linn. This little fish is found in the Thames and its tributaries, but cannot generally speaking be called common. In Plot's History of Ox- fordshire it is termed the ' Pride of the Isis.' 137 18