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  THE 
  VE 
  ETE 
  BE 
  ATE 
  FAUNA 
  OF 
  "DEE." 
  

  

  them 
  while 
  they 
  were 
  in 
  such 
  abundance 
  in 
  the 
  year 
  above 
  

   referred 
  to. 
  At 
  this 
  time 
  some 
  were 
  examined 
  every 
  day, 
  the 
  

   aggregate 
  amounting 
  to 
  several 
  hundreds, 
  in 
  every 
  one 
  of 
  

   which 
  the 
  same 
  appearance 
  presented 
  itself, 
  viz., 
  the 
  stomach 
  

   and 
  intestines 
  were 
  embedded 
  in 
  a 
  thick 
  gritty 
  mass, 
  which 
  

   lay 
  along 
  the 
  abdomen, 
  almost 
  filling 
  the 
  whole 
  cavity. 
  This 
  

   mass, 
  on 
  examination, 
  was 
  found 
  to 
  be 
  an 
  accumulation 
  of 
  

   parasites 
  in 
  all 
  stages 
  of 
  development 
  — 
  life, 
  death, 
  and 
  decay 
  ; 
  

   for 
  here 
  we 
  have 
  the 
  egg 
  with 
  the 
  embryo 
  just 
  making 
  its 
  

   appearance 
  within 
  ; 
  others 
  where 
  the 
  worm 
  is 
  seen 
  coiled 
  in 
  

   several 
  circles 
  upon 
  itself; 
  while 
  again 
  the 
  empty 
  shells 
  are 
  

   in 
  abundance, 
  and 
  the 
  large 
  fibrous 
  mass 
  is 
  made 
  up 
  of 
  the 
  

   skins 
  of 
  those 
  that 
  have 
  run 
  life's 
  course. 
  Through 
  the 
  whole 
  

   of 
  these 
  "memorials 
  of 
  the 
  dead" 
  are 
  seen 
  the 
  perfect 
  

   creatures 
  wriggling 
  in 
  full 
  vigour 
  of 
  life. 
  Still, 
  the 
  fishes 
  

   were 
  in 
  good 
  condition 
  and 
  apparently 
  in 
  perfect 
  health. 
  

  

  Genus 
  NAUCRATES, 
  Cuvier. 
  

  

  Naucrates 
  ductor, 
  Cuv. 
  The 
  Pilot 
  Fish. 
  

  

  "A 
  very 
  fine 
  specimen 
  of 
  this 
  rare 
  and 
  rather 
  peculiar 
  fish 
  

   was 
  taken 
  in 
  our 
  bay 
  about 
  forty 
  years 
  ago." 
  (Edward.) 
  

  

  [In 
  showing 
  some 
  fishermen 
  Yarrell's 
  British 
  Fishes, 
  they 
  

   identified 
  the 
  Sword-fish, 
  and 
  remarked 
  that 
  they 
  had 
  fre- 
  

   quently 
  seen 
  it 
  in 
  the 
  Firth. 
  (W., 
  " 
  Contributions 
  to 
  the 
  

   Ichthyology 
  of 
  Banffshire," 
  Naturalist, 
  vol. 
  v., 
  p. 
  207.) 
  ] 
  

  

  Genus 
  CAPROS, 
  Lacepede. 
  

   Capros 
  aper, 
  Lacep. 
  Boar-fish. 
  

  

  Howden 
  includes 
  this 
  fish 
  as 
  local, 
  but 
  gives 
  neither 
  

   locality 
  nor 
  date. 
  

  

  "One 
  obtained 
  at 
  Lossiemouth 
  in 
  1839, 
  and 
  sent 
  to 
  Elgin 
  

   Museum." 
  (Gordon.) 
  "One 
  taken 
  in 
  bag 
  -net, 
  near 
  Crovie, 
  

   in 
  August, 
  1862." 
  (Edward.) 
  

  

  Two 
  were 
  caught 
  in 
  the 
  Firth 
  of 
  Forth, 
  1892, 
  and 
  are 
  now 
  

   in 
  the 
  Museum 
  of 
  Science 
  and 
  Art, 
  Edinburgh. 
  There 
  is 
  one 
  

   in 
  Peterhead 
  Museum, 
  without 
  locality 
  or 
  date 
  given, 
  but 
  said 
  

   to 
  be 
  local. 
  

  

  