Japan exceeds 2(),(KK),(n!0 and iiia_\- roach a considerahK- hij^licr nunilicr, and llic aggregate \alue nf 

 llie output cannot be less than half a million dollars. 



(.i<.il(.lfish in Japan are so cheap that the ])oorest peasants l)u\- them, and so dear that none hut 

 the wealthy can aii'ord them. Inferi(.)r examples of the commoner \-arieties ma\- be bought for half 

 a cent apiece, which is prol.)alil}- less than is e\'er paid in an}- other country for an}- animated vertebrate 



TiiK. Ski.i.i.vc lliirsK .\r A l\(ikn,\M.\ ( idi.ni' isii 1{staiilisiiment 



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