5 



THE 



NATURAL HISTORY 



OF 



BRITISH FISHES. 



i 



VOL. I. 



ILLUSTRATED BY THIRTY-SIX COLOURED PLATES, 



WITH PORTRAIT AND MEMOIR OF 



RONDELET. 



BY 



ROBERT HAMILTON, M.D., F.R.S.E., 

 VICE-PRESIDENT 



OF THE 



WERNERIAN NAT. HIST. SOCIETY. 



Strange forms, resplendent colours, kinds unnumber'd, 

 With swords, saws, spiral horns, or crooked fangs. 



EDINBURGH : 



W. H. LIZARS, 3, ST. JAMES' SQUARE ; 



S. HIGHLEY, 32, FLEET STREET, LONDON \ AND 



N. AN I 



1843. 



