TUE SUN-FISH. 



207 



profes3or, askccl if ho liked tlio specimen of Eassinn 

 caviare lie liad sent from St. Petersburg ; it was the 

 very best that could be obtained, and was grand eating. 

 It then suddenly struck the savant that the bottle con- 

 taining the "roe of a fish, localit}^ and species unknown," 

 must bo this very caviare, and so it proved to be ; of 

 course, bemg saturated with spirits of vrine, it was quite 

 spoiled for the table. 



SUN-FISH. 



[Orthagoriscus moJa.) 



Through the kindness of Thomas Ledger, Esq., of 

 Folkestone Harbour, I received, in December, 18G8, a 

 fine specimen of the Sun-fish [Ortha^orisciis viola). Mr. 



/J 





y 



sux-nsH. 



Ledger received it from the chief boatman of the coast- 

 guard station at Sandgate. In shape, as my [readers 



18 



