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I wish here also, to return a grateful acknowledgment to 

 ihose gentlemen whose kindness to me in replying to my 

 -enquiries has added much to the completeness of this paper. 

 To Mr. John Tilton, Deputy Minister of Fisheries, for copies 

 of Fishery Reports; to Mr. J. H. Duvar, Inspector of Fisheries 

 in Prince Edward Island, and my friend Mr. S. "W. Kain, of 

 St. John, for much information I am particularly indebted. 

 Mr. H. Piers, of Halifax, Mr. J. A. Turner, of St. John, and 

 Mr. John Sharp of Summerside, have also patiently answered 

 my troublesome enquiries, for which I am sincerely thankful 

 to them. The Micmac names of Molluscs have been taken 

 verbatim from Dr. Silas T. Eand's "First Eeading Book in 

 the Micmac Language." The Milicete, or, more properly, 

 Passamaquoddy, names have for the most part been given me 

 by Mr. H, Lyle, of St. Stephen. Figures 3, 5 to 17, 19 and 

 21 are from Binney's Gould. Figure 4 is reduced from the 

 same. Figures 18, 20, 23 are from Verrill's Report on In- 

 vertebrates of Vineyard Sound. Figures 1 and 2 are reduced 

 from the latter's Monograph on Cephalopods of North-eastern 

 •Coast of America. All have been reproduced by the Helio- 

 .type Company of Boston. 



