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  DR 
  DAVY 
  S 
  OBSERVATIONS 
  ON 
  FISH, 
  

  

  always 
  so 
  precise 
  as 
  I 
  could 
  wish, 
  — 
  as 
  both 
  season 
  and 
  locality 
  may 
  have 
  an 
  in- 
  

   fluence 
  on 
  their 
  quality 
  individually. 
  When 
  the 
  place 
  mentioned 
  is 
  inland, 
  it 
  

   must 
  be 
  understood, 
  that, 
  in 
  the 
  instance 
  of 
  sea-fish, 
  they 
  were 
  from 
  the 
  nearest 
  

   seaport. 
  

  

  Table 
  I. 
  

  

  

  

  Solid 
  Matter, 
  

  

  

  Species 
  of 
  Fish. 
  

  

  Specific 
  Gravity. 
  

  

  per 
  cent. 
  

  

  Place 
  where 
  got, 
  and 
  Time. 
  

  

  Turbot, 
  Rhombus 
  maximus, 
  

  

  1062 
  

  

  20-3 
  

  

  March. 
  Liverpool. 
  

  

  Brill, 
  R. 
  vulgaris. 
  

  

  1061 
  

  

  20-2 
  

  

  October. 
  Penzance. 
  

  

  Haddock, 
  Gadus 
  ceglcftnus, 
  

  

  1056 
  

  

  20-2 
  

  

  August. 
  Ambleside. 
  

  

  Hake, 
  Cr. 
  merlucius, 
  

  

  1054 
  

  

  17-4 
  

  

  October. 
  Penzance. 
  

  

  Pollack, 
  G. 
  pollachius, 
  

  

  1060 
  

  

  19-3 
  

  

  October. 
  Penzance. 
  

  

  Whiting, 
  Merlangus 
  vulgaris, 
  

  

  1062 
  

  

  21-5 
  

  

  March. 
  Chester. 
  

  

  Common 
  Cod, 
  Morrhua 
  vulgaris, 
  

  

  1059 
  

  

  19-2 
  

  

  April. 
  Ambleside. 
  

  

  Red 
  Gurnard, 
  Trigla 
  cuculus, 
  

  

  1069 
  

  

  23-6 
  

  

  October. 
  Penzance, 
  

  

  Dory, 
  Zeus 
  faber, 
  

  

  1070 
  

  

  22-9 
  

  

  October. 
  Penzance. 
  

  

  Mackerel, 
  Scomber 
  scombrus, 
  

  

  1043 
  

  

  37-9 
  

  

  October. 
  Penzance. 
  

  

  Sole, 
  Solea 
  vulgaris, 
  

  

  1065 
  

  

  23-0 
  

  

  February. 
  Ambleside. 
  

  

  Do. 
  do., 
  

  

  1064 
  

  

  21-1 
  

  

  February. 
  Ambleside. 
  

  

  Tliornback, 
  Raia 
  clavata, 
  

  

  1061 
  

  

  22-2 
  

  

  October. 
  Penzance. 
  

  

  Salmon, 
  Salmo 
  salar, 
  

  

  1071 
  

  

  29-4 
  

  

  f 
  March. 
  River 
  Boyne, 
  Ireland. 
  

   | 
  Fresh 
  run 
  from 
  the 
  sea. 
  

  

  Sea-Trout, 
  S. 
  eriox, 
  

  

  

  41-2 
  

  

  June. 
  Ambleside. 
  

  

  Oharr, 
  S. 
  umbla, 
  

  

  1056 
  

  

  22-2 
  

  

  November. 
  Windermere. 
  

   ( 
  March. 
  Lough 
  Corrib, 
  Ireland, 
  

  

  Trout, 
  S.fario, 
  

  

  1053 
  

  

  22-5 
  

  

  < 
  Weight 
  about 
  £ 
  lb., 
  in 
  good 
  

   condition. 
  

  

  Do. 
  do. 
  

  

  1050 
  

  

  18-7 
  

  

  f 
  October. 
  River 
  Brathay. 
  A 
  

   \ 
  small 
  fish 
  of 
  about 
  2 
  oz. 
  

  

  Smelt, 
  S. 
  eperlanus, 
  

  

  1060 
  

  

  19-3 
  

  

  March. 
  Liverpool. 
  

  

  Eel, 
  Anguilla 
  latirostris, 
  

  

  1034 
  

  

  33-6 
  

  

  June. 
  Ambleside. 
  

  

  Table 
  II. 
  

  

  Kinds 
  of 
  Food. 
  

  

  Specific 
  Gravity. 
  

  

  Solid 
  Matter, 
  

   per 
  cent. 
  

  

  Place 
  and 
  Time. 
  

  

  Beef, 
  sirloin, 
  . 
  

  

  

  1078 
  

  

  26-9 
  

  

  March. 
  Ambleside. 
  

  

  Veal, 
  loin, 
  

  

  

  1076 
  

  

  27-2 
  

  

  November. 
  Ambleside. 
  

  

  Mutton, 
  leg, 
  

  

  . 
  

  

  1069 
  

  

  265 
  

  

  November. 
  Ambleside. 
  

  

  Pork, 
  loin, 
  

  

  

  1080 
  

  

  30-5 
  

  

  January. 
  Ambleside. 
  

  

  Pemican, 
  composed 
  of 
  beef 
  and 
  "1 
  

   suet, 
  

  

  

  8625 
  

  

  Victualling-yard, 
  Portsmouth. 
  

  

  Common 
  fowl, 
  breast, 
  

  

  

  1075 
  

  

  27-2 
  

  

  November. 
  Ambleside. 
  

  

  Grev 
  Plover, 
  breast, 
  

  

  , 
  

  

  1072 
  

  

  30-1 
  

  

  November. 
  Ambleside. 
  

  

  Cow's 
  milk, 
  new, 
  before 
  

  

  cream 
  had 
  separated, 
  

   White 
  of 
  hen's 
  egg, 
  

  

  the 
  1 
  

  

  1031 
  

   1044 
  

  

  11-2 
  

   139 
  

  

  November. 
  

  

  Yolk 
  of 
  the 
  same, 
  

  

  • 
  

  

  1032 
  

  

  45-1 
  

  

  

  