Excerpt from Heraldry of Fish: Notices of the Principal Families, Bearing Fish in Their Arms The present attempt was suggested by the author's de sire to compress the opinions advanced into a reasonable compass, and bring within a single volume the various illustrations requiredfi' Great facility has been afforded for its prosecution by the liberality of the publisher, and by the additional satisfaction of having all the drawings With which the work is embellished, made upon the wood under the author's own inspection, by his daugh ter, Sophia Barbara Moule, an advantage which will be best appreciated by those who know the great difficulty of obtaining heraldic drawings correctly executed, in which the beauty, in a great measure, depends on the character of the different periods of art. In the limited view of heraldry here taken, calculated rather to excite than gratify curiosity, it has not been considered merely with reference to the contents of the shield, or the simple coats of arms, as found on the ban ners of the Paladins of europeql The custom of mar shalling, in which the arms are blended by family alli ances, has been the means of affording some illustrations. The modes of representing heraldry on the baronial and municipal seals, exhibiting no want of invention, and differing from the arrangement on the ancient standards. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.