Excerpt from Transactions of the American Fish Cultural Association: Eighth Annual Meeting, Held at the Directors' Rooms of the Fulton Market Fish Mongers' Association, in the City of New York; February 25th and 26th, 1879 Having grown to fill the old shell. A new one begins to form under it. At first no more than a film, which, gradually thicken ing. Becomes in appearance not unlike India rubber. 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.