244 ST HOOK AND ST CBOOK. 



likely enougli apprise them of the deception, we think 

 that they were warned by the sense of taste as well as 

 by that of touch. 



It must be remembered that fish have no limbs with 

 which to test or experiment, so these duties entirely 

 fall on the mouth, the result being that, frequently, they 

 have to suffer for curiosity and misplaced confidence. 



There is one exception, for occasionally a fish will 

 throw his body over an object with apparently no idea of 

 seizing it ; we have seen our fly or line repeatedly treated 

 in this mauner — for what reason, we have not the 

 slightest idea. 



We have also seen a fish, when hooked, fly to another, 

 apparently for assistance, and the fish thus appealed 

 to has jumped across our line, but whether by accident 

 or design it is impossible to say. 



