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CHAP. V. FISHES IN FABLE AND FAIRY-TALE .... 53 



" And there were crystal pools, peopled with fish, 

 Argent and gold ; and some of Tyrian skin, 



Some crimson-barred. And ever at a wish 

 They rose obsequious, till the wave grew thin 



As glass upon their backs, and then dived in, 

 Quenching their ardent scales in watery gloom, 



Whilst others with fresh hues rowed forth to win 



My changeable regard." Hood. 



CHAP. VJ. FISH IN HERALDRY 65 



" There rolling monsters, arm'd in scaly pride, 

 Flounce in the billows, and dash round the tide. 

 There huge Leviathan unwieldy moves, 

 And through the waves, a living island, roves ; 

 In dreadful pastime terribly he sports, 

 And the vast ocean scarce his weight supports. 

 Where'er he turns, the hoary deeps divide ; 

 He breathes a tempest and he spouts a tide." 



Groome. 



CHAP. VII. FISHES IN MODERN FOLK-LORE 83 



" And all the griesly monsters of the sea 

 Stood gaping at their gate, and wondred them to see." 



Spenser* 



APPENDIX. A Sea-dream ............ 93 



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