(1696) The Fish called Weever was found in large numbers on our sea shores about thirty years ago and was put on the market a great deal at that time , and now it is already much if eight or ten of these Fishes at a time are put on the market three or four times a year .The sharp spines which the weever has on either side of the head as well as on top of the head and also in the Neck are said to be very Poisonous , and in former times hands and feet have sometimes been shown to have shrunk and been paralysed by the stinging of the said spines .I formerly studied the said spines many times , at their extremities , but could not detect the least opening or any extraordinary Sharpness which one might con - The herring indeed leaves our coast to feed in the northwestern North Sea .