FISH, THE PEOPLE OF THE SEA 



other. In the market, however, it is seldom seen 

 to be anything but very dark the fear colour, 

 having been lately thrown out on the deck from 

 the fish-well of the smack and beaten to death 



with a club. Very few people look their best after 

 such treatment. 



I quote Dr. Townsend of the New York Aqua- 

 rium in his interesting pamphlet, "Chameleons of 

 the Sea." He says : 



"In one the fish is uniformly dark without 

 markings of white; in another it is uniformly 

 creamy white without dark markings ; in a third 

 it is dark above with pure white underparts; in 

 a fourth the upper half is sharply banded, the 

 lower half creamy white; in a fifth the uniform 

 dark coloration is deeply suffused with red ; in a 

 sixth the body is snowy white below, dusky above, 



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