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tbrins, as those represented in our third wood-cut. 

 In general, its cavity is without any partitions, as 



already stated ; but in some members of the genera 

 Diodon and Tetrodon^ tribes remarkable for their 

 uncouth globular form and prickly surface as well 

 as in the genus Silurus^ and in the sword-fishes 

 (Xiphias}, it is sub-divided in the manner of the 

 lungs of reptiles, so that its interior has a cancel- 

 lated, or honey-comb appearance. This correspond- 

 ence of the air-bladder of fishes and the membra- 

 neous lungs of reptiles, is a powerful argument in 

 favour of the doctrine of those who represent all 



