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APPENDIX. 
GARFISH. 
(Plate CCIX, vol. iv, p. 146.) 
The habits of the Garfish are supposed to be well known, 
but there is a trait in the character of this fish which has lately 
come to light, which represents it as more irascible or ferocious 
than has been usually belieyed, and as conscious of powers we 
should have scarcely believed it to possess. An example of a 
Mackarel was sent to me from Mevagissey, by the kindness of 
Mr. Matthias Dunn, already mentioned, which had become 
entangled in the meshes of a drift-net, but which had already 
suffered from the furious attack of a Garfish. This latter must 
have rushed at its victim with all its powers, so as to thrust 
its projecting jaw through the body of the Mackarel at its 
thickest part, rvhich is close above the pectoral fins, where the 
upper mandible was broken off close to the head; while the 
point protruded on the other side to the extent of about the 
fourth of an inch, dhe lower mandible had been withdrawn, 
and the wound must have been inflicted a few days before 
the capture of the Mackarel, since the wound itself had not 
the appearance of being entirely new. This incident will explain 
the fact that the Garfish is sometimes caught with a deficiency 
of both the jaws. 
