80 BERMUDA. 



The seine is here, as elsewhere, the chief resource 

 of the fisherman ; and many kinds of fish are taken 

 by this means that rarely enter a fish-pot or seize 

 a bait, together with many species that are called 

 rubbish, as being bf no esteem in the market, though 

 often interesting to the naturalist. 



Another fish of rather pleasing aspect {Upeneus 

 maculatus, Cuv.), is from its dependent beards called 

 goat-fish. This fish, in its general hue, is pink, 

 fading to white below, with three large livid spots 

 on each side ; the central portion of each scale, on 

 the upper parts, is of pale pearly azure tint. We 

 have also the beautiful angel chsetodon {Holocanihus 

 ciliaris)', the doctor-fish {Ananthus chirurgus), so 

 called from the curious glassy lancets that they 

 carry in a sheath on each side of the tail; and a 

 parrot-fish {Scarus cmndeus), remarkable for its 

 abrupt, almost vertical profile, white eye, and bril- 

 liant azure hue. Here also is a species of Aulas- 

 toma, or soap-fish, and a handsomely-marked fish 

 usually called the flounder, but in reality a kind of 

 turbot {Rhombus argus), being studded all over the, 

 upper side with large blue rings, enclosing pale 

 yellow areas, on a dusky brown ground colour. 

 There are many others, such as sharks, hedgehog 

 fishes, whales, et hoc genus omne ; but these we 



