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PISTUL ARID^E. 



ther, giving an entire length of two feet and a half. 

 The body is smooth, the jaws narrow, scales mi- 

 nute, fins tinged with red near their joinings ; one 

 dorsal fin opposite to the anal, and both are near 

 the tail, which is forked ; in the branchial mem- 

 brane are seven rays. 



TOBACCO-PIPE FISH. 



As it respects the habits of the tobacco-pipe 

 fish, we have no means of gaining a knowledge. 

 None have been seen excepting those which have 

 been driven on shore in storms. In South Amer- 

 ican seas, they are larger, and between three and 

 four feet in length. 



END OF PART FIRST. 



