6 PREFATORY REMARKS. 



arrived ; when, by means of the beetle, it 

 might be distributed among the bogs, where 

 no other fish could live, and thence emigra- 

 ting to the sea about the end of July, 

 supply a nicely-flavored dish to thou- 

 sands. 



I could not be expected to be acquainted 

 with the names and terms used by natu- 

 ralists in their classifications of the different 

 animals, my knowledge of such from books 

 being limited. To make up for this defi- 

 ciency I had to employ names and terms of 

 my own. 



