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https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.11638#0147
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golden green is shaded with brown. The large
eyes are globes of the purest gold, the brilliancy of
which is still heightened by a black stripe which
crosses them in the middle lengthwise. The thighs
and the legs are of the same mixed colour with the
under part of the body; to conclude, the tarsus and
the antennas are black.
The Nile, in the neighbourhood of Echmimm,
furnishes fish in great abundance. The species
which I saw there most commonly, is the bayatte,
which grows to a very large size without being
much the better *,
* Look back to the close of vol. ii»
golden green is shaded with brown. The large
eyes are globes of the purest gold, the brilliancy of
which is still heightened by a black stripe which
crosses them in the middle lengthwise. The thighs
and the legs are of the same mixed colour with the
under part of the body; to conclude, the tarsus and
the antennas are black.
The Nile, in the neighbourhood of Echmimm,
furnishes fish in great abundance. The species
which I saw there most commonly, is the bayatte,
which grows to a very large size without being
much the better *,
* Look back to the close of vol. ii»