of Abyssinia-Very abundant in the Red Sea-Concurring with the sands of the Lybian Desert, to prove that our Continents are not of more remote antiquity than has been assigned to them in the book of Genesis - Coral Reefs advantageous to shipping; their singular beauty-Where most numerous- -Poetry-Progressive Increase LETTER VI. page 36 General remarks on the Construction of Fish, on the organs of Sight and Hearing, on the arrangement of the Teeth and Scales 49 LETTER VII. Organs of Swimming; Air Bladder-Closing Remarks - 59 LETTER VIII. Morning walk on the Beach at Portland Prismatic Colours reflected from the scales of fishes-Division of the Colours of aquatic animals into three classes: one evidently designed for beauty; another for concealment ; a third to point out the character of the fish to which it is assigned-Instances of each-Sketch of Cressbrook-Phosphorescent Light emitted by numerous Sharks-Reason of this peculiarity, noticed by StellerSketches of Scenery in the Arundel country on the banks of Chesapeake Bay-Pleasure afforded by the study of Nature in one of the wildest parts of that country-Early Christians adopted the figure of a fish, as symbolical of their faith, and sculptured it on their tombs 70 LETTER IX. Configuration of Fishes, and obvious relationship to LETTER X. Subject continued-Instances of mechanical contrivance in the means of defence-Observations on the Weaver, and the Hag, the Torpedo, Cramp-fish, and Electrical Silurus 87 - 108 LETTER XI. Dangerous Fish-Different species of the Shark genusAncient English Ballad-Extraordinary manner in which the excessive rapidity of the Shark is counteracted-Useful in the general harmony of NaturePoisonous Fishes in the Seas of the Balama, and Sandwich Islands-Law in Japan respecting them-Closing Observations LETTER XII. page 125 Salmon Genus-Beautiful Scenery of Bethgellert, and the Lake of Llynberis, in North Wales-River Trout abundant in the Temperate and Arctic regions of the Globe-Sketches of Iceland Scenery, in connexion with the Migration of the Trout-Char Salmon; where most numerous; extraordinary adherence to local situation Means by which the Salmon genus are diffused-Loch Levin-Poetry-Umbra of the Lake Leman-Sketch of Dovedale, in Derbyshire LETTER XIII. . 137 Migrations of the Salmon genus-Salmon Leaps at Kenneth, Pont Aberglassin, Leixlep, and Tivy; the last mentioned by the Poet Drayton, and Camden-Observations on different Species belonging to the Salmon genus, with the Places to which they principally resort, and the benefits they annually confer-Notice of the brigades which enter the rivers of Kamschatka towards the autumnal equinox-Peculiarities connected with the bed of the surrounding Ocean-Islands of Ice-Magnificent Solitudes of Greenland-The Seas and Lakes of Siberia and Iceland, of Finmark and Sweden, abound with Fish-Singular Phenomenon on the Lake Wetten 156 LETTER XIV. Migrations of the Cod Fish-Magnificent Scenery of Almahalan, in Iceland-Fishing season-Beautiful Phenomenon of the Driving Cascade-Extensive Fishery on the Coast of Newfoundland-Station on the Great Bank-By whom first discovered-Sebastian CabotLast Moments of that extraordinary Man-Arrival of vast Shoals of the Cod genus on the shores of the Feroe, Orkney, and Shetland Islands-Appearance of the Dogger Bank-Haddocks-Peninsula of Kamschatka-Closing Remarks 177 of Abyssinia-Very abundant in the Red Sea-Concurring with the sands of the Lybian Desert, to prove that our Continents are not of more remote antiquity than has been assigned to them in the book of Genesis -Coral Reefs advantageous to shipping; their singular beauty-Where most numerous— -Poetry-Progressive Increase LETTER VI. page 36 General remarks on the Construction of Fish, on the organs of Sight and Hearing, on the arrangement of the Teeth and Scales 49 LETTER VII. Organs of Swimming; Air Bladder-Closing Remarks - 59 - LETTER VIII. Morning walk on the Beach at Portland Prismatic Colours reflected from the scales of fishes-Division of the Colours of aquatic animals into three classes: one evidently designed for beauty; another for concealment ; a third to point out the character of the fish to which it is assigned-Instances of each-Sketch of Cressbrook - Phosphorescent Light emitted by numerous Sharks-Reason of this peculiarity, noticed by StellerSketches of Scenery in the Arundel country on the banks of Chesapeake Bay-Pleasure afforded by the study of Nature in one of the wildest parts of that country-Early Christians adopted the figure of a fish, as symbolical of their faith, and sculptured it on their tombs 70 LETTER IX. Configuration of Fishes, and obvious relationship to their native element-Illustrative instances Flying Fish-Poetry- Extraordinary construction of the Black Goby, Occellated Sucker, and Sucking FishCicero's reflections on the Fishing Frog LETTER X. Subject continued-Instances of mechanical contrivance in the means of defence-Observations on the Weaver, and the Hag, the Torpedo, Cramp-fish, and Electrical Silurus 87 - 108 LETTER XI. Dangerous Fish-Different species of the Shark genus— Ancient English Ballad-Extraordinary manner in which the excessive rapidity of the Shark is counteracted-Useful in the general harmony of NaturePoisonous Fishes in the Seas of the Balama, and Sandwich Islands-Law in Japan respecting them-Closing Observations LETTER XII. page 125 Salmon Genus-Beautiful Scenery of Bethgellert, and the Lake of Llynberis, in North Wales-River Trout abundant in the Temperate and Arctic regions of the Globe-Sketches of Iceland Scenery, in connexion with the Migration of the Trout-Char Salmon; where most numerous; extraordinary adherence to local situation - Means by which the Salmon genus are diffused-Loch Levin-Poetry-Umbra of the Lake Leman-Sketch of Dovedale, in Derbyshire LETTER XIII. - 137 Migrations of the Salmon genus-Salmon Leaps at Kenneth, Pont Aberglassin, Leixlep, and Tivy; the last mentioned by the Poet Drayton, and Camden-Observations on different Species belonging to the Salmon genus, with the Places to which they principally resort, and the benefits they annually confer-Notice of the brigades which enter the rivers of Kamschatka towards the autumnal equinox-Peculiarities connected with the bed of the surrounding Ocean-Islands of Ice-Magnificent Solitudes of Greenland-The Seas and Lakes of Siberia and Iceland, of Finmark and Sweden, abound with Fish-Singular Phenomenon on the Lake Wetten 156 LETTER XIV. Se Great Migrations of the Cod Fish-Magnificent Scenery of of Abyssinia-Very abundant in the Red Sea-Concurring with the sands of the Lybian Desert, to prove that our Continents are not of more remote antiquity than has been assigned to them in the book of Genesis -Coral Reefs advantageous to shipping; their singular beauty-Where most numerous-Poetry-Progressive Increase LETTER VI. page 36 General remarks on the Construction of Fish, on the organs of Sight and Hearing, on the arrangement of the Teeth and Scales 49 LETTER VII. Organs of Swimming; Air Bladder-Closing Remarks - 59 LETTER VIII. Morning walk on the Beach at Portland - Prismatic Colours reflected from the scales of fishes-Division of the Colours of aquatic animals into three classes: one evidently designed for beauty; another for concealment ; a third to point out the character of the fish to which it is assigned-Instances of each-Sketch of Cressbrook Phosphorescent Light emitted by numerous Sharks-Reason of this peculiarity, noticed by StellerSketches of Scenery in the Arundel country on the banks of Chesapeake Bay-Pleasure afforded by the study of Nature in one of the wildest parts of that country-Early Christians adopted the figure of a fish, as symbolical of their faith, and sculptured it on their tombs LETTER IX. 70 Configuration of Fishes, and obvious relationship to their native element- Illustrative instances - Flying Fish-Poetry- Extraordinary construction of the Black Goby, Occellated Sucker, and Sucking FishCicero's reflections on the Fishing Frog LETTER X. Subject continued-Instances of mechanical contrivance in the means of defence-Observations on the Weaver, and the Hag, the Torpedo, Cramp-fish, and Electrical Silurus 87 - 108 |