She had had a long letter from him that day ten pages written in a flowing hand on ten pages of the lined paper of a cheap hotel with a little cut of the building standing boldly against a mackerel sky at the top of each page - Sisters by Kathleen Norris

I gave them a fried mackerel which I had kept for my supper they passed it to the captain and in spite of his generous denial they insisted upon his eating it immediately - Monsieur Violet by Frederick Marryat

Father went out yesterday in old Mr Davis's boat and he brought home the most lovely mackerel - Monitress Merle by Angela Brazil