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SILURID.E. 



additional proof of certain powers or qualities supposed to be 

 possessed by such fishes, that Bloch says of this Silurus, it 

 seldom leaves its hole except during storms. Another 

 writer observes, that it lives long after being taken out of 

 the water, and comes up to the surface on the approach of 

 stormy weather. 



The vignette below, with which this volume concludes, 

 represents the old Hall of the Company of Fishmongers of 

 London. 



END OF THE FIBST VOLUME. 



LONDON : 



I'KINTED I'.Y SAMUEL BENTI.F.Y, 

 Bangor House, Shoe I-nne. 



