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he dropped the fish, and ran away howling most piteously, and 

 could never afterward be persuaded to resume his fishing. 

 The last three gentlemen I have had occasion to refer to be- 

 fore. They are men of unimpeachable veracity, and I take 

 great pleasure in acknowledging my obligations to them. 



These are all the species found in our waters, of which I 

 have any knowledge. Many of the species, however, described 

 by Le Sueur, as found on the coast of Rhode Island ; and by 

 Mitchell, as inhabitants of the waters of New York, will un- 

 doubtedly be discovered in and about Buzzard's Bay. And 

 even in the cold waters north of "the Cape," rich acquisitions 

 may reasonably be expected by the ichthyologist, who has the 

 leisure and the zeal for minute and accurate observation. 



