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 A HISTORY OF NORFOLK 72. Sole. SoUa vulgaris, Quens. Norfolk Estuary : common. Yarmouth. —P. Mr. Gurney thinks that ' the sole, like the whiting, attains only about two-thirds the size on the coasts of Norfolk and Suffolk that it does on the Devonshire coast.' Very large specimens are, however, occa- sionally taken in Lynn Deeps. 73. Lemon Sole, or French Sole. Solea las- carts, Risso. Several examples of this fish, caught in the Norfolk Estuary, have been sent to me by Mr. John Devonshire, Lynn. Mr. A. Patterson sends me a note of the capture of this fish at Yarmouth. It had been previously reported only from the Nor- folk Estuary. 'Another specimen, January 21st, 1897.' —A. P. PLECTOGNATHI 74. Sun-fish. Orthagoriscus mola, Linn. Lynn: Two, November, 1850 ; October, 1863. Mr. E. L. King. Yarmouth.— P. 'One taken November, 1821. Salthouse, November, 1850.' — Rev. E. W. Dowell. ' The Norwich Museum contains one taken off Overstrand in 1843.'— 7. H. G. Sir T. Browne says : ' Sometimes we meet with a mola, or moon-fish, so called from some resemblance it hath to a crescent in the ex- treme part of the body, from one fin unto another. One being taken near the shore at Yarmouth, before break of day, seemed to grunt and shiver like a hog. . . . The gills of these fish we found beset with a kind of sea-louse.* In the year 1667 a mola was taken at Mousley which weighed 200 lb.' Mr. Southwell saw one at Lynn, November 15th, 1850. Its dimensions were 4 feet long, 2 feet deep, and about 15 inches thick. Another, at Thornham Hall, which was 4 feet 3 inches from nose to tail ; 6 feet in depth across the fins, which were each 2 feet in length ; weighed 210 lb. ; is recorded in the Field, Jznuary 7th, 1865. One in the Wisbeach Museum was taken at Yarmouth in 1835. Miss Gurney records one found on Over- strand beach, November 13th, 1836 (Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc, vol. ii. p. 21). ' A small sun-fish, weighing 2 stone, which had been captured at Lynn, was taken to Mr. Lowne, of Yarmouth, on September Lepeoptheirui nordmannii. 2nd, 1887 ; and Mr. Pashley, of Cley, in- forms me that on November iith, 1893, a much larger one, 5 feet 5 inches in length and weighing 16 stone, was brought to him, which had been taken that day on the beach at Cley-next-the-Sea.' — T. S. One taken off Yarmouth, September 12th, 1896, was 18 inches long, weighed 10 lb. — J. P. 75- Oblong Sun-fish. Orthagoriscus truncatus, Retz. ' One taken in a " dydle " (a sort of landing- net) over the side of the trawler Result.'' — A. P. (No date or place given.) PERCESOCES Norfolk Estuary : common. Yarmouth. —P. 'About 1880, a lot of unusually large grey mullet were sent to the Norwich market from Blakeney.'— 7. H. G. Norfolk Estuary. — F. J. Cresswell, Esq. A small specimen of this fish, taken on Breydon, was sent by Mr. A. Patterson to Mr. Southwell, who ascertained its identity [Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc, 1890-91). 78. Atherine. Atherina presbyter, Jen. Lowestoft.— 7. H. G. ' As a rule rare at Yarmouth, one now and again turning up in the smelt-nets.' — A. P. May 4th, 1 89 1. Yarmouth. — A. P. [Trans. Norf. and Nor. Nat. Soc, 1891-92). Norfolk Estuary : frequent in the summer months. There can be no doubt it is plentiful in summer along some parts of the east coast, contrary to the expressed opinion of Montagu and Yarrell as to its absence. 79. Larger Launce or Sand-Eel. Ammodytes lanceolatus, Lesauv. Norfolk Estuary. 80. Lesser Launce. Ammodytes tobianus, Linn. Norfolk Estuary : common. Yarmouth. —P. Common. — "J. H. G. Sir T. Browne observes : ' The sand eels [Anglones of Aldrovandus, or Tobianus of Sch6- nevaldus), commonly called smoulds, taken out of the sea-sands with forks and rakes, about 208
 * 76. Grey Mullet. Mugil capita, Cuv.
 * "]"]. Lesser Grey Mullet. Mugil chelo,C-av.