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furrures are 2 deep - vettones are name color
as top of felds, & the skin loks like coarse
crse paper -
Pedynelle From dorsal fin back for
200 cent. The top & bottum edges are
almost parallell them, at and insertion
the edges slpe obliquely to the fleches
till they are lost out. The lateral effaceem
of our last - the top 31 cent from thr midle
& the bottum - 25 from notch- The bottum
edge, when it begins to slpe up to the
fleches is more gradual & straighter than
the top edge - Fleches are placed with out.
edge a little closer to bottum edge of
pedynulle than top - ', at a little angle
tothe plane of our body -
On the underside tip of rostuns are the same
sort of referrence or marks as observed
in the plain flocks, only a little larger
// Bolen begins 19 cent from tip of scent
- the bolen now is 27 cent. from the
edge of scent on the sides.
'Six creases run from underneatly fectors
upwards - superior superce half way to
out.-edge. Portefaxi edge of fin is very thin
sort just. Edgesy fleches - lower edge of
pedynulle is bent nearly as thin as upper.
Pennis has 4 creases of varying lengths
on either side of the median line - creases
vary from 30 to 50 cent.s a crease of vary