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AN 



INTRODUCTION 



TOTHB 



STATURAL HISTORY OF FISHES; 



BEING THE ARTICLE " ICHTHYOI-OGY," FKOM THE SEVENTH EDITION 



OF THE 



ENCYCLOPiEDIA BKITANNICA. 



WITH ABOVE ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY H -USTRATIONS. 



JAiMES WILSON, F.R.S K M.W.S. 



'M, III' Tiu' i-v'rrtMnr.(ir:!i' \ I tMiiFT'. 



ADAM AND CHARLES BLACK, EDINBURGH; 



SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, & CO, WHITTAKfeR & Co\ AND HAMILTON, ADAMS, & CO. 



LONDON ; AND JOHN CUMMING, DUBLIN. 



M.DCCC.XX XVIII. 



