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gray upper parts and dark brown under parts—in this respect re- 
sembling the ratels or honey badgers. The general rule in the 
coloration of mammals is that the upper parts are the darker. 
I managed to find time to visit the fish-market daily, getting 
every kind of queer fish—both estuarine and marine—to put in 
alcohol for the British Museum. I told the fishermen not to throw 
anything back in the sea even if it were deemed to be too small 
and uninteresting for human consumption, so altogether I got an 
amazing assortment. I had taken out a special preserving tank for 
these fish and managed to fill it. 
