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side into a pool which formed another portion of the 

 tank." 



Equally singular are the habits of some of the fishes of 

 the Lophius or " Fishing-frog " family, already alluded 

 to, which have the fins convertible into feet or paddles : 



LOPHIUS PISCATORIUS. 



by these they are enabled to crawl or flop about over sand 

 and mud ; whilst one srtecies, the Lophius histrio, has been 

 kntown to live for two or even three days out of water, and 

 can progress upon dry land *. The Sargo, also, a native of 

 India, which will exist for four or five days in a dry jar 

 and is in this manner brought alive to the Calcutta market 

 will travel considerable distances in damp weather, and 

 is so frequently found leaping about in wet grass after rain 

 as to have given rise to the notion of fish-showers. 



Another curious mode of progression is that of a little 



* Communication from Dr. Buckland to the Ashmolean Society at 

 Oxford, June 1843, 



