Hardwicke's science-gossip : an illustrated medium of interchange and gossip for students and lovers of nature . a copy of Hunters engraving of theGymnotus, and fig. 219 is a correct representationof a fine specimen which was for some time in the pos-session of the proprietors of the Royal PolytechnicInstitution. In Hunters engraving the skin isremoved to show the structure of the fish ; a is thelower surface of the head; c the cavity of thebelly; b the anus; e the back where the skinremains; g g the fin along the lower edge of thefish ; e e the lateral muscles of this fin removed andlaid back
Hardwicke's science-gossip : an illustrated medium of interchange and gossip for students and lovers of nature . a copy of Hunters engraving of theGymnotus, and fig. 219 is a correct representationof a fine specimen which was for some time in the pos-session of the proprietors of the Royal PolytechnicInstitution. In Hunters engraving the skin isremoved to show the structure of the fish ; a is thelower surface of the head; c the cavity of thebelly; b the anus; e the back where the skinremains; g g the fin along the lower edge of thefish ; e e the lateral muscles of this fin removed andlaid back with the skin to expose the small organs ;/ part of the muscle left in its place; // the largeelectrical organ ; h h the small electrical organs;m m \m the substance which separates the two Dec. 1,1866.] IIAPDWICKES SCIENCE-GOSSIP. 269 organs; aud u the place where the substance isremoved. These organs form more than one-thirdof the whole iish. The two electrical organs areseparated at the upper part by the muscles of theback, at the lower part by the middle partition, andby the air-bag at the middle
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