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ment. Baron Cuvier, however, remarks, " Ce qui 

 est plus singulier, c'est que Ton n'ait pas toujours 

 su partout que c'etait un excellent poisson; il est 

 certain, qu'il est peu recherche a Paris," (x. 7). 

 Col. Montague, some years ago, informed us " that 

 it was then about sixty years since the celebrated 

 Mr. Quin, of epicurean notoriety, first discovered 

 the real merit of the Doree ; and we believe from 

 him originated the familiar, and, we may say, na- 

 tional, epithet of John Dory, as a mark of his 

 especial esteem for the fish/' The Dorees of the 

 London market are mostly supplied from the De- 

 vonshire coast ; and being ground fish, they are the 

 better for being kept for two or three days. 



Gen. XXX. CAPROS, Has the notched dorsal of 

 the Doree, but the fins are entirely without fila- 

 ments; the mouth is more projectile than in the 

 preceding genus, and the body is covered with 

 rough scales. One species alone has hitherto been 

 catalogued. 



(Sp. 53.) C.aper. (PL XIV.) The Boar-fish, which 

 is generally spread over the Mediterranean, but far 

 from abundant even there, is rare upon the whole of 

 the French coast : it is well known at Madeira ; 

 and from specimens thence derived, Mr. Yarrell's 

 figure and description are both supplied. One 

 specimen was taken in Mount's Bay, Cornwall, in 

 October 1835, by Dr. H. Boase, which was de- 

 scribed in the Proceedings of the Zoological Society ; 

 a second, as we are informed by Mr. Yarrell, was 

 obtained in Bridgewater fish-market, in April 1833 ; 



