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the outer aspect, the number of ribs is different, being
considerably smaller in amount in the Garvie than in the
Herring.
“ Many other distinctions of a minuter kind are known
to naturalists, but I think the preceding will suffice for
the object you have in view, viz. that the difference be¬
tween the Sprat or Garvie, and the fry of the true Her¬
ring, may be ascertained with ease and accuracy by all
who desire to do so. I subjoin an outline sketch of a
Garvie and a young Herring, to show the five points
above referred to.”
By order of the Honourable the Commissioners.
THOs- DICK LAUDER,
Secretary Boa rd of Fisheries.
Royal Institution,
26th June, 1845.
Dorsal Jin.
Sprat, or Garvie.

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