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nowhere in the immediate neighbourhood. It was plausibly 
suggested by Mr. G. W. Kosmak, who then accompanied the 
writer, that they had been taken away by the male fish, attached 
to him by their sucking dishes, 
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Fic. 3.—Young of Amia attended by male. 
It is certain that when the male reappears it is with a swarm 
of nestlings; but they are now well grown (3—1} inches). 
With these he remains for a time in the fereunmunhond of the 
spawning ground ; then he appears to gather them together with 
constant circlings and slowly takes his way to the neighbouring 
shallows (Fig. 3). The fish is courageous in the protection of 
his charges, remaining with them, facing the danger, until the 
boat approaches within a couple of yards; in one instance the 
writer has seen the fish actually pushed aside with the handle 
of the spear. 
