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dorsal fin, set far Kt.-k. a-id -aj.al.le <if being moved in a nwrvellou* fashion, that reminds the 

 obaenrerof ;.r..|-ll.-r. ami evidently answers a similar pun-,*.. The tail of the 8m. 



1 1.. I-M-. stiff a.s it :i|, !.,!- (.. I.- iii dried specimens, is, .luriiu- ill-- lif<- <.f tl,.- , n-ntun-. almost M 

 tl.-xible OB an elephant'* prolweris, and is .-mpioyed as a prehensile organ, whereby ita owner 

 MI:I> I- aita.-h.-l to any liv-d object The specimens represented in t h- ngraTing are ahown 

 in ili.- aiiiin.l.- whi.-h the oreaturm are fn.| ,,f a^ lim iiu-. Th.- I. the Sea-Hone is 



" l.'ifulh lik.' that ( >f tli.- qiiadrujw-d fnnu which it tak.-s ii, name, and the reeemblance b 



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an-, however, tins, and wh.-n th.- t\>\\ i.s in an a.-tive mood, are m<vi-<l with <-<.n*i.|. nl.l.- 

 nij.i.lity. It i- r.ith.-r a n>timrkul>l- fart, that th.- 9tt ll..i>--. lik- th. 



]H.,-r<.f m..\ in- ,-itt at will, quit.- in<l.-|--iid.-ntly ..f th<- ..th.-r. and th.-ivf,,i,. mii*t U 



K'ift.-.! with xim.. nni..iis niiHlili.-atiun in th.- s.-n of .sh;ht. which enables It t. .lir-<-t ita gaw 

 ti ditTciviit ol>j.-<-i.s withniit ronf lining ita vUflB, 



Tli.- .-..l..ri.f this int.-n-Min- littl.- li-*h i.s li-ht ash.-n-l.mwn. n-linved with slight daahtw of 

 bin.- on ditr.-ivnt parts of tin- Uxly, and in certain li^htn >rl.-:imin with U-a.itiful iridinoent 





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hues that play over its body with a clwngeful lustre. About twenty species of Sea-Homes are 



known. 



In the seas of the Southern H'ini-*ph.'re, especially in the X-w Holland wat.-rs, th.-n- i* 



found sometimes, as a rom]jini(n of th>- s-a Horse, sometimes alone, the HDKSK-LIKK 

 I'IIVLLOPTEBTX, a fish which, for its extmonlinarily <ld aspect, we consider worthy of 

 illustration. This fish, in which an- unit-d all th.- .-xcliisive pwnliaritii-s of th<- family 

 Syngnathidip, forms a separate genus. As may be seen by reference to th.- .-n^r.ning, it 

 is distinguished by many spines, elongated thorns, and tape-like appendages, which float down 

 from all parts of the body. The spines are strong and sharp, tin- elongated thorns being stiff. 

 while the tape-like streamers are flexi)>l>-. These three diff.-r.-nt kinds of appendages take 

 seemingly the function of fins, which, with th.- exception of the huge dorsal fin, and of the 

 small and not clearly risible pectoral fin, an* crippl.-d. Its streaming filament* resemble 



