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of oil, which we suppose can come only [chiefly ?] from the 

 liver/'' I am able to mention another use to which our little 

 stickleback friends are applied. A friend of mine, whilst par- 

 taking of a dish of whitebait, was surprised to find the presence 

 of certain very sharp spines in that said much appreciated 

 dainty. Lo, there they were sticking in his tongue and 

 between his teeth ! He brought a bottle of whitebait home, 

 in which three or four sticklebacks were readily recognized. . 



