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man.^- Dr. Kastman became interested in the subiect 

 while working on the great ''Bibliography oi Fishes'^ 

 published bv the American Museum ot Natural History, 

 and finding that [ was collecting data for a series of 

 papers on Echeneis most courteously turned over to me 

 invaluable material and aided me m every possible way. 

 At the verv tiinc> wlieii I was slowly tracing these accounts 

 backward towards tlicir uhimate source, Dr. Kastman in 

 the most ])i illi;iiit l.isliion ran these stories down to the 

 original r(r.)i-.lci- hinisclf. 



l^ii-tot illKtii^^.. It M.ntM's account in 1511 is the 

 insi pul.Iislicd accDuiit ot the interesting phenomenon. 

 'Vo this the answer must "No!" Dr. Eastman sent 

 me til. t..ll.>uiiii; ,\ti u t tiom "Libietto do Tutta la 

 NaMgatione de d. Sp 11,111 .1 d. h 1m, Ic .t ^I.ii.mi 

 Novamente Trovati,' \ ciic/ia. April. ir)n4 r'A Little 

 Book m Regard to All the Xavmaticn of the Kin-' of 

 S])ain to the MainU ni<l D ^, >v 1 11 huW \ 



Alt'.T Dr. I'-astiiiaii had sent nic the ahovc translation 

 from the Lihivtto. 1 vrrv raivfullv worked .>ver \'<.lunie 

 ir ot John I h ulu 1 V inonuHKiit il lil( oi ( ..Innilnis 



