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Excerpt from Report of an Investigation of the Spearfishes of Formosan Waters
During the course of an earlier study on the sharks of Formosa the author had opportuni ties to observe the handling of spearfishes in the fish markets frequently, because the fishing seasons for sharks and spearfishes coincide. The spearfishes are classified into a number of kinds by the commercial operators and these varieties are handled separately, there being marked differences in their value. At first it was extremely difficult to distinguish these varieties, but in the course of many repeated observations the classification method of the commercial operators gradually became clear and the author became able to distinguish the peculiarities of each variety and arrived at the opinion that the classification made by the commercial people should be studied from the point of view of systematics. 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.
