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pound ; and Major Bogle wrote, that about ten thousand 

 of the fishj large and small, were taken annually in Arra- 

 can, and that the sounds sold there for about a third of a 

 rupee per pound to the Chinese, who exported them to 

 Penang, where they are said to bring more than a rupee 

 a pound. The specimens that have been prepared in 

 India for the European market, are " complained of," 

 says Dr. M'Clelland, " as being too thick, if intended to 

 come into competition with the superior varieties of Rus- 

 sian isinglass. The first quantities sent from India 

 brought only Is. Id., others have been sold for 3s., and a 

 few samples have been valued at 45. per pound." 

 Polynemus sele, Buch. 



" plebeius, Brouss. 



" lineatus, Lacep. 



gelatinosus, M' CI ell. 



no 



<w 



ka-tha {the young) O'Riley. 



lukwah (ArracanJ Bogle. 



r^ooSo (Tavoy.) 



Emoi ( Otaheite. ) 



CLIMBING PERCH. 



The climbing perch is a small fish, abounding in our 

 waters, which has the power of climbing up out of the 

 water on the roots of trees, and which will make its way 

 on land, the Karens say, a quarter of a mile. It corres- 

 ponds precisely to Gmelin's description oiPerca scandens 

 m his edition of Linnaeus, excepting in some of the fin- 

 rays ; more especially in the soft rays of the dorsal and 

 anal. It was placed by Cuvier in his genus anabas, and 

 to this Mr. Blyth referred a specimen I sent him ; but the 

 fin-rays differ sufficiently to constitute it a distinct species. 



D. 17-25 : P. 12 : V. 1-6 : A. 10-18 : C. 17. P. scandens, 

 Gmelin. 



D. 17-9 : P. 13 : V 1-5 : A. 9-12 : C. 17. The Tendssc 

 rim fish. 



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