THE BOOK ABOUT THE SEA GARDENS 



caught, but in the shallow waters seldom exceed 

 twelve inches in length. 



The hind or coney is of two kinds, black and 

 white. Thejblack is a deep brownish purple with 



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red and orange spots and a dark mottle ; the white, 

 a pale cream colour with orange spots slightly 

 banded with grey. Its yellow fins are tipped with 

 black. This fish also is called the sailor's choice. 

 It will bite at almost any bait, but the immense 

 distension of the jaws indicates a fish diet, which 

 it catches by short dashes from its lair beneath 

 the rocks. 



Like the hind is the negro or nigger fish, which 

 looks from above like a brown fish with white 

 belly; when caught, however, it comes up a dark 

 copper purple with small turquoise spots. That 

 is his only joke. I have never been able to make 



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