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why Captain Moloney had not referred to bottom fish was, 
that the people on the part of the coast he had principally 
dealt with rarely went out to sea, but fished chiefly in the 
lagoons, or within a few miles of the coast ; they did not as 
a rule get deep-sea fish, nor in fact did they endeavour to 
catch large fish, for they might very often meet with 
sharks, which were very troublesome customers. They 
were much indebted to Captain Moloney for having pro- 
duced such an interesting Paper with such small material 
available. 
Captain CURTIS said it might be worth noting that on 
one occasion he recollected capturing a porpoise which 
had a squid inside of it. 
Mr. SAVILLE KENT then proposed a vote of thanks to 
Captain Moloney. He must say that the impression on his 
own mind was that, if this Paper had not been read, there 
would have been a considerable gap left in the literature of 
the Exhibition ; and they were also indebted to him for the 
illustrations which accompanied it. He hoped Captain 
Moloney would not feel that the apparent paucity of 
numbers was any indication of the interest felt in the 
Conference. He was glad to see that there were present 
representatives from China, Japan, the Australian Colonies, 
and North America, which was a more’ correct indication 
of the extent of interest taken in this Paper. 
Mr. BLOOMFIELD, in seconding the motion, said they 
had been favoured with some remarks by a gentleman 
who had also been on the coast of Africa, and knew some- 
thing of fishing there, but unfortunately it appeared he had 
been under the command of gentlemen who were not par- 
ticularly favourable to that occupation. Still it appeared 
that they had nothing to do but throw overboatd some- 
thing or other, and the fish were caught, and the sick were 
