THE BOOK ABOUT THE SEA GARDENS 



from the dorsal spine to the tip of the nose. He 

 is a grey blue in the water, irregularly spotted 

 with a deeper shade. The tail is also long and 

 transparent, not unlike that of the cowfish, which 



may often be seen in the market, for its flesh is 

 highly esteemed and considered rather like chicken. 

 The angels are deep, narrow-built fish, the first 

 of which (the yellow angel) is of an exquisite 

 blue and yellow in the water. The angels have 

 both dorsal and oval fins long and tapering, which 

 trail like an indolent pennant as they swim. Out 

 of water they are seen to have myriad gilt scales 

 which diminish to a fine speckle on the fins, and 



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