CHAPTER XIV. 



(Smith 8bpgp&*4r*. 



PART I. 



TRESPASSERS PROM THE WATER UPON THE EARTH. 



I SHALL divide this subject into two portions namely, 

 Trespassers upon the Earth,, and Trespassers in the 

 Earth. The former portion will comprise those re- 

 markable creatures which breathe by means of gills, 

 and are properly denizens of the water, but which are 

 able, by means of a simple modification of the breathing 

 organs, to exchange the water for the land, and to 

 live for a considerable time on shore without needing 

 to return to the water. 



We will begin with the celebrated Climbing Perch 

 (Anabas scandens). This remarkable fish is spread 

 over a considerable part of Asia, and is tolerably 

 plentiful in Ceylon. 



The reader may remember that I have already men- 

 tioned, when treating of air trespassers, that the gur- 

 nard is able to use its large pectoral fins like legs, and 



