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THE MARINE AND FRESH-WATER FISHES OF
GREAT YARMOUTH AND ITS NEIGHBOURING
COASTS, RIVERS, AND BROADS.
By Arthur Patterson,
Author of 'Man and Nature on the Broads,' &c.
Notwithstanding 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
