"SIAMESE TWIX FISH. 129 



Strange to say, the " monster " fish do not 

 always die. The " Siamese (salmon) twins '^ 

 are alive and w^ell ; they have but one tail 

 between them, and one umbilical bag — and I 

 should imagine but one sentiment common 

 to both, for when one runs, the other runs 

 also, but w^hich of them has the actual com- 

 mand of the tail I am unable to ascertain. 

 It w411 be curious to see if these fish will 

 ever dissolve partnership. I do not see how 

 they are to do it. If they, however, do make 

 some mutual arrangement, they will, when 

 grown up, be a curious couple indeed ; and 

 w^ould, as White (the curator of the tanks) 

 remarks, be " rum 'uns to catch.'^ * 



* This double fish is still alive, and I was luckily eualoled, 

 by the kindness of Professor Tyndall, to exliibit it (or them) 

 under the electric lamp, when they showed themselves ex- 

 ceedingly vigorous, kicking about famously, to the great 

 amusement of the spectators. 



K 



