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reiving fashion. We noticed that when we threw a fish into the 

 tank, and one of them got hold of it, the other two endeavoured to 

 snatch it from him, and for the moment there was a wild tumult 

 and tumble, in which the water was lashed into foam. In this, 

 however, as far as we could judge, there was no manifestation of 

 anything like anger, or the slightest attempt to hurt or injure each 

 other. It was more like the rough and tumble play of children 

 after a ball, or something of that sort, which all may strongly 

 desire to possess, but which only one can have for the moment. 



