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licious. Some of the most brilliantly beautiful fish 

 I have ever known have been the most dangerous to 

 man because of their poisonous qualities. And con- 

 versely, some of the most ungainly, dull, and quaint- 

 looking fish, such as all the flat fish undoubtedly are, 

 are the most useful, the most valuable. With fish 

 as with us, beauty is but skin deep, and is but little 

 index to the deeper and more lasting qualities. 



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