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Appendices to Fifth Annual Report 



Table I. 



Showing proportions of amounts digested from 20 grammes of 17 kinds 

 of flesh. Chittenden and Cummins. 



Beef, 100-00 



Veal, 94-89 



Mutton, 92-15 



Lamb, 87-93 



Spring Chicken (light meat), . . , 86*72 



„ „ (dark meat), .... 84-42 



"Whitefish (Coregonus clupeiformis), . . 94 -78 

 Salmon (Salmo salar), .... 89*90 and 92-29 



Mackerel (Scomber scombrus), . , ' . 86-24 



Halibut (Hippoglossus vulgaris), . . . 85-51 



Flounder (Paralichthys dentatus), . . . 85 - 32 



Pike (Esox lucius), ..... 82*99 



Haddock (Gadus seglefinus), .... 82 -50 



Herring (Clupea harengus), . . . . 82-34 



Fresh Cod (Gadus callarias), . . . . 72-39 



Eel (Anguilla rostrata), 71*82 



Lobster (young), ...... 87*81 



„ (large female), . . . . . 79'06 



,, (large male), . . . . . 69 13 



Crab, 67*13 



Table II. 



Comparison of approximate amounts of proteids and salts in 20 grammes of various 

 kinds of fish with amounts digested from 20 grammes as found by Chittenden and 

 Cummins. 





Solids in 

 20 grms. 



Fat in 



Solids in 

 20 grms. 

 exclusive 

 of fat. 



Amount 





Chittenden 

 and Cum- 



20 grms. 

 Atwater. 



digested from 

 20 grms. 





mins. 







Coregonus clupeiformis, 



5*112 



1*27 



3-842 



3-8350 



Salmo salar, 



6*256 



2*56 



3-696 



3-5997 



Tautoga or Hiatula onitis, . 



4*120 



*27 



3-85 



3-5660 



Scomber scombrus, . . . 



5*102 



1*41 



3-692 



3-4895 



Hippoglossus vulgaris, 



4*056 



1*03 



3-026 



3-4600 



Pomatomus saltator, . 



3*930 



•25 



3-66 j 





Paralichthys dentatus, 



4*608 



•14 



4-468 



3-4525 



Esox lucius, 



3 926 



•58 



3-346 



3-3582 



Clupea harengus, 



4*898 



2-19 



2-708 



3-3317 



Roccus lineatus, 



4*164 



•56 



3-604 



32770 



Lutjanus blackfordii, 



4*418 



•25 



4-168 



3-3040 



Salvelinus fontinalis, 



3*916 



•42 



3-496 



3-1745 



Gadus morrhua, 



3*658 



•07 



3-588 



2-9292 



Cynosium regalis, . . 



3*956 



•48 



3-476 



2-9180 



Perca fluviatilis, 



3*624 



•17 



3-455 



2-9037 



Anguilla rostrata, 



4-356 



1-82 



2-536 



2-9062 



Pleuronectes americanus, . 



3-430 



•08 



3-35 



2-7065 



