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FISHES I HAVE KNOWN 



ever seen. Of moderate size, it was brilliant with 

 all the colours of the rainbow, and many others 

 besides ! What it was I never knew, for the doctor, 

 who had grown weary with non-success and the 

 smart of mosquito bites, brusquely declared it un- 

 unfit for human food, and annexed it for his 

 "collection." 



LUMP-FISH. 



Then I caught a sort of lump-fish, its colour 

 green, with shades of blue and orange red, 

 and covered with knotty wart-like excrescences ; 

 repulsive, and obviously uneatable. Suddenly the 

 lead came up with the hooks cut clean off by very 

 sharp teeth, so I substituted strong gimp for the 

 ordinary trace. This time I secured a species of 



