THE DOTTED MACKEREL. 



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vanished below that fin. The dorsals were three inches 

 apart. 



D. 1211, V: P. 20. 



' ' The tail at the setting on of the caudal fin is depressed 

 and square. Lateral line waved. The colour afforded a 

 marked distinction from the Common Mackerel, being 

 of an uniform dark neutral tint, or bluish-olive, green 

 on the head and back without any coloured bands or 

 variations, but with green reflections on the sides : round, 

 well-defined spots, of the size of a small pea, cover the 

 sides thickly from head to tail ; on the summit of the 

 back they are a little larger, and are transversely elon- 

 gated ; they end a little below the lateral line, the belly 

 being pure white. Between the caudal crests the surface 

 is a bronzed yellow. The specimen was a female, and had 

 an air-bladder." Couch, L c. 



WHEEL AND SPINDLE, ST. ANDREW'S. 



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' ' Prima dioccesis et antiquissima regni 

 Patroni Andrese nobile nomen habet." 



(Carmen de Fifa, SIBBALD.) 



"St. Rule, a monk of Patra, in Achaia, warned by a vision, A.D. 370, is 

 said to have sailed westward till he landed at St. Andrew's, where he founded 

 a chapel and tower." SCOTT, Marmion, i. notes. 



