ADVERTISEMENT. 
The present Volumes are submitted witli defereuce to 
the Public taste as a splendid illustration of the Ichthyo- 
logy of Great Britain; and as a work, which, from the 
interest of its nature, and extent of design, no less than 
the superiority of its embellishments, may be considered 
as a valuable addition to the library of the English 
reader. 
This work contains a descriptive account of those fishes 
Avhich are usually denominated natives of the British 
Isles, either from constantly residing in our streams, and 
livers ; oui seas, and the vicinities of our coasts, or those 
occasional wanderers from other climates, which either 
visit us at stated seasons, or are accidentally discovered 
near ourshoies. -The author has throughout endeavoured 
to render it a work of general utility both to the scientific 
and general reader, and as he trusts, not altogether with- 
out success. Ihe plates have also been executed with the 
utmost care, and it is apprehended will not be found 
in any respect inferior to those included in either of his 
former Zoological undertakings. Those embellishments 
indeed form no inconsiderable portion of the present work ; 
as they consist altogether of one hundred and twenty 
plates, the whole of which are correctly finished in colours 
