100 



BRANCH VERTEBRATA. 



FIG. 170. 



ORDER ACANTHOPTERYGII (a kan thop te rij'i I). 



The Cobbler-fish is noticeable for the 

 lengthening of the spines of the dorsal 

 and anal fins into hair-like filaments. 



The Mackerel, in May and June, ap- 

 proach the shores in enormous shoals 

 to spawn, and great numbers are then 

 caught for market. 



The great importance of the " Fishery 

 question," so frequently straining the 

 peaceful relations of the United States 

 with its neighbors, the British Provinces, 

 may be appreciated when we learn that, 

 by the last census, the Mackerel 

 fishery alone gave employment to 

 more than twenty -five hundred 

 men. The estimated expense of 

 these fishermen for outfit and gear 

 amounted to a sum in excess of 

 half a million dollars, and the result of the fisheries 

 nearly two million dollars. 



Fio. 1TI 



Bleph' a ris cri mi' lus. 

 Cobbler-fish. ( \.) 



Sc&m'ber verna'lis. Mackerel. (|.) 



was soon plainly to be seen that the strength and confidence of the flying-fish 

 were fast ebbing ; their flights became shorter and shorter, and their course more 

 fluttering and uncertain, while the leaps of the dolphin seemed to grow more 

 vigorous at each bound. Eventually this skillful sea-sportsman seemed to arrange 

 his springs so as to fall just under the very spot on which the exhausted flying- 



