FISH, THE PEOPLE OF THE SEA 



day, but may sometimes be taken with fish bait 

 at night. 



The blue tang has a vivid and beautiful colour. 

 This fish swims in small companies, and is some- 

 times seen to be nearly white, the colour of its 

 repose. There is also another small model of this 



type which is grey with a white mark on the tail. 

 Both are armed with a sharp-sheathed spine on 

 the tail like the surgeon fish, which is dark in 

 colour and, I suspect, identical with the latter. 



There are apparently no eels in these waters if 

 the moray, which is as much like an eel as possible, 

 be not included among them. The moray is often 

 four feet long and occasionally but rarely twice 

 that size. It is an evil-looking creature with 



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