Excerpt from History of British Fishes, Vol. 2 of 2 Of the species existing in this country, the characters and specific distinctions admit Of considerable detail: too much reliance has been placed. Upon colour, without resorting sufficiently to those external indications, founded on organic structure, which may with greater certainty be depended upon. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.