CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I. The Teeming Life of the Waters . . i 



II. Tunnies and their Relations . 



III. Different Ways of Swimming . 



IV. The Fish of Bouillabaisse 



V. The Trigger-Fish, and the Armoured 

 Fishes 



VI. Scales, Mirrors, Leathers 

 VII. The Shark's Teeth .... 

 VIII. Protractile Mouths, and Different Ways 

 of Feeding ..... 



IX. The Poison of the Murry and other 



Marine Animals . . . . .140 



X. Electric Fish ...... 156 



XI. The Whitefish of the Lake of Geneva . 172 



XII. The Sun-Perch and the Catfish . . 194 



XIII. Mechanics of Respiration . . 208 



XIV. Trout Waters and Carp Waters 222 

 XV. The Feelers of the Barbed Mullet . 234 



XVI. What the Fishes See . . . .251 



XVII. The Vibratory Sense .... 268 



XVIII. The Tomb of Pearl 280 



XIX. The Carp and the Stickleback in the 



Old Pond 294 



Index . 311 



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