HALIEUTICA, I. 729-751 



chances on the Swallows wailing for their young, 

 which cruel men or snakes have harried from the 

 nest. Among fishes again the Dolphin is first in love 

 for its children, but others likewise care for their 

 young. 



Here is the marvel of the sea-roaming Dog-fish." 

 Her new-born brood keep her company and their 

 mother is their shield ; but when they are affrighted 

 by any of the infinite terrors of the sea, then she 

 receives her children wthin her loins by the same 

 entry,* the same path, by which they glided forth 

 when they were bom. And this labour, despite her 

 pain, she endures gladly, taking her children back 

 within her body and putting them forth again when 

 they have recovered from their fear. 



A hke defence also does the Angel-shark " furnish 

 for her young ; but it is not into her womb that her 

 children enter, as Avith the Dog-fish, but on either 

 side below her fins she has sHts, like the jaws of 

 other fishes, wherewith she covers the terror of her 

 frightened children. 



Others again protect their children by taking them 

 into the mouth as it were into a house or nest ; as, 

 for example, the Glaucus •* which loves its children 

 beyond all other fishes that are o\iparous. For it 

 both remains sitting by until the young come forth 



Rays (rdjv irXarfwy) do not 5td ttjv Tpaxi^'Trjra Tr,s KepKOv, as 

 neither does the ^drpaxoi, 5ia. rb fieyedoi ttjs KtcpaXrjs /cat rdj 

 dKdfOai (cf. De gen. 754 a 29). Even the Dolphin and the 

 Porjxjise (iffSexovrai to, reKva fUKpa 6vTa A. 566 b 17. 



* Ael. i. 17 ; but Aristotle doubtless meant "by the mouth," 

 ef, Athen. I.e. tls rb arbfui. ; Plut. l.e. Sia tov ffTbjxaTos i Antig. 

 I.e. Kara rb crrofui. 



* H. i. 381 n. ; A. 565 b 25 says the piv-n takes in its young, 

 mode not indicated. 



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