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PETROMYZID.E. 



dorsal fins, with a separation between them ; the tail furnished 

 with an extension of the membrane above and below. 



The skin is quite smooth, of a blue colour on the back and 

 sides, passing into silvery white underneath. 



In " The Treatyse of Fysshynge wyth an Angle," attri- 

 buted to Dame Juliana Berners, and first printed by Wyn- 

 kyn de Worde, in his edition of the Book of St. Albans, in 

 1496, the learned lady, after recommending a minnow and a 

 worm as proper baits for the Trout in the month of March, 

 adds, " In Aprill take the same baytes : and also Juneba, 

 other wyse named VII. eyes." 



Seven eyes and nine eyes, in reference to the apertures 

 about the head, are common names for the Lamprey in this 

 and some other countries ; but a derivation for the term 

 Juneba is a desideratum. 



The vignette represents a fisherman of South Wales bear- 

 ing his coracle ; see vol. ii. page 27. 



