THE WALKS ABROAD OF 



depraved in morals as it is unprepossessing in appear- 

 ance, belongs to the detestable fraternity of loiterers 

 and prowlers. Lying in ambush behind some bunch 

 of seaweed, like the parties in question concealed in a 

 doorway, it throws itself suddenly on some fish who 

 may be passing near unsuspicious of any danger ; and 



its multitudinous misdeeds have earned for it the 

 cognomen of sea-devil, a name which it shares, how- 

 ever, with the fishing-frog (Lophius piscatorius, L. ). 



" This again is another wily and knowing fellow. 

 You must often have seen this large fish in the 

 markets; it has a repulsive appearance, a very broad 



