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into fish caught on the lines, and cuts out their flesh, 
leaving only the skin and bones ; it also " slimes " up the 
lines like an eel. The fishermen, rather than touch it, cut 
off the snood, and let it drop overboard, so that they are 
seldom brought ashore." ^ 
Sub-class 1. LEPTOCABBI. 
Family CIRROSTOML 
225. Branchiostoma lanceolata {Pall.). Lancelet, 
Moray Firth (Day, Brit. Fishes, vol. ii. p. 366). 
^ Specimens of this species attacking other fish are often preserved along 
with their victims in Museums, and one may be seen in the collection of Mr. 
George Sim, naturalist, Aberdeen. 
