CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 



rage 



THE GENERAL PREVALENCE OF FISHES AS THE FOOD 



OF MAN ' 



CHAFl'ER II. 



BRITISH FISHERIES AND THEIR rUODUCE ... 24 



CHAPTER III. 



FISHES WITH THE RAYS OF THE DORSAL FIN SPINOUS 52 



CHAPTER IV. 



FISHES WITH SOFT FIN-RAYS, AND THE VENTRAL 



FINS REMOTE FROM THE PECTORAL .... 89 



CHAPTER V. 



FISHES WITH SOFT FIN-RAYS, AND THE VENTRAL 



FINS DIFECTLY BENEATH THE PECTORAL . . .142 



