| Abstrakt: |
A FEW weeks since I received a letter from Mr. Southwell, of Norwich, wherein he informed me that Capt. Gray had sent him a very interesting fish, which he kindly forwarded to Cheltenham. He captured it on August 1, 1886, in lat. 73° 12′ N., and long. 14° 28′ W. Capt. Gray remarked:—“It was at the surface; I noticed it while away in a boat as I leant over the bow and watched the water as it passed. It was covered with bright golden scales when I first found it, but they are nearly all rubbed off. It was alive when I picked it up, and the temperature of the water was 35° F., and that of the air 35° also.” |
