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Hope — with an anchor; Justice — with a steelyard and 

 sword; Prudence carries " upon her right arm an arrow 

 joined with a Kemora, a fish that fixes itself to the 

 bottom of ships and retards their motion." The arrow 

 and the Eemora are the respective emblems of quick- 

 ness and slowness, Prudence being the medium between 

 them. 



RIBAND FISHES. 



This family contains some of the most singular fishes 

 in existence — those of the riband-shaped form. Covered 

 with the richest silver, and of great length, the undula- 

 ting motions of these creatures in the sea must be re- 

 splendent and beautiful beyond measure. But these 

 wonders of the mighty ocean are almost hidden from the 

 sight of man, since they appear to live only in the 

 greatest depths, and it is but rarely, at long intervals, 

 and after a succession of tempests, that specimens are 

 cast upon the shore. No more than six species have 

 been obtained on the British shores, and those but 

 rarely. They are the Scabbard Fish, the Silvery Hair- 

 tail, Hawkin's Gymnetrus, and the Eed Band Fish. 



hawkin's gtmnetrus. 



In April, 1872, Mr. Provost Barclay, of Montrose, 

 kindly forwarded me the following interesting informa- 

 tion : 



