A GUIDE 



TO 



THE STUDY OF FISHES 



BY 



DAVID STARR JORDAN 



President of I. eland Stanford Junior University 



With Colored Frontispieces and 427 Illustrations 



IN TWO VOLUMES 



VOL I. 



"I am the wiser in respect to all knowl- 

 edge and the better qualified for all fortunes 

 for knowing that there is a minnow in that 

 brook. " Thoreau 



NEW YORK 



HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY 

 1905 



