F. Day, Esq., F.L.S., on Why is fish so dear?

  • Day, Francis, 1829-1889.
Date:
[1884]
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Credit: F. Day, Esq., F.L.S., on Why is fish so dear?. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CHELTENHAM NATURAL SCIENCE SOCIETY F. Day, Esq., F.L.S., on “Why is Fish so Dear ? ” The Seventh and last Meeting of the present Ses- sion, which was fully attended, was held as usual at the Assembly Rooms, on Thursday last. M. Le Blanc presided. At the conclusion of the formal business, Mr. Day read the following Paper on— “Why is Fish so Dear?” A few months since as 1 leisurely strolled along the High-street my attention was attracted by a placard headed “ Great International Fisheries’ Exhibition,” and as I was thinking of its origin, of the essays it had elicited, and the conferences which had been held there, I was suddenly stopped by a friend emerging from a fishmonger’s / m/r