Chap. 73 (49.) — The Maladies of Fishes
We do not find it stated that all kinds of fishes are subject to epizoötic diseases,2765 like other animals of a wild nature: but it is evidently the fact that individuals2766 among them are attacked by maladies, from the emaciated appearance that many present, while at the same moment others of the same species are taken quite remarkable for their fatness.