the results of my Magento based website's categories includes "items 1 - 9 of X" before the actual description of the category.
How can I get rid of this? In this snapshot, what I want to delete is the red rectangle

edits:
@Su, these are the reason:

1. Having text like (Items 1 - 9 of 144 –) appear in a Google listing uses up the 25 word limit that Google allows us.

2. More importantly, the first few words of the description can persuade or dissuade someone from visiting my site. This text will not positively influence people to visit my site.

@DisgruntledGoat this information shows up in the source code of that page, like this:

<table class="toolbar" border="0">
    <tr>
        <td class="pager" style="width: 414px;">
            <table class="pager" cellspacing="0">
                <tr>
                    <td>Items 1 to 9 of 144 total</td>
                </tr>
            </table>
        </td>
    </tr>
</table>