HISHES. 329 
is luminous, so when a number of them at night, fly above the 
surface of the water, they seem like shooting stars. At Malabar is 
A SENNAL-FISH UPON A PALM TREE. 
found a small fish called the Sennal, which loves to leave the 
water, not, however, on wing, but it climbs two or three feet 
up the stem of a palm tree which grows on the water's edge. 
THE SENNAL. 
Anabas scandens.) 
Its respiratory apparatus must have the power of retaining a 
certain quantity of water, and thus enable the animal to live some 
time out of its native element. 
