176 FISH AS FATHERS. 



only an expert can decide in doubtful cases and every 

 expert carefully reverses the last man's opinion. Let us 

 at least be thankful that whitebait by any other name 

 would eat as nice ; that science has not a single whisper 

 to breathe against their connection with lemon ; and that 

 whether they are really the young of Glupea harengus or 

 not, the supply at Billingsgate shows no symptom of 

 falling short of the demand. 



