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also straight, and the free margin is curved, and smooth 

 when its nacry epidermis is entire; but the adjoining 

 half of the disk is composed of microscopical polygonal 

 areas, like denticles worn down, and the exterior row 

 of these denticulate the margin when the epidermis is 

 removed : the lines of structure run parallel to the free 

 edge and sides, bending at the angles to do so. 



(D. 14+15: A. 3+16: P. 18: V. 1 + 5: C. 15. (Hist, des Poiss.) 

 The coloured drawing of the British specimen sent by 

 Mr. Fox to Mr. Yarrell is not among the papers handed 

 to the Editor of the present edition of British Fishes, 

 but the following tints are enumerated by Cuvier, who 

 describes a fresh specimen. " The back is yellowish- 

 olive, and the belly silvery. Three or four bright golden 

 lines traverse the sides." Even in the dried specimen the 

 course of these lines can be traced. 



The total length of the specimen is about ten inches. 



MULL OF CANTYBE. 



The barrier of that iron shore. SCOTT. 



