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the other two and a half inches long, including 

 the tail; the smallest emaciated and of sickly 

 appearance. They are connected, in the manner 

 of the Siamese twins, by the skin at the breast, 

 which is marked by a dark streak at the line of 

 union. The texture and colour, otherwise, of the 

 skin is the same as the belly ; the mouth, viscera, 

 &c. were entire and perfect in each fish, but, on 

 withdrawing the entrails through an incision made 

 on one side of the abdomen, the connecting in- 

 tegument was found to be hollow. When the 

 largest fish was in his natural position, the small 

 one could, by the length and pliancy of the skin, 

 swim nearly in the same position ; their sex was 

 not ascertained, American Journal of Arts, 

 April, 1834, in which a plate may be seen of this 

 fish. 



One-eyed Fish. Many of the lakes in Caer- 

 narvonshire abound with fish, of which some are 

 peculiar to Alpine waters, and others noted for 

 extraordinary conformation. Lyn y cwn, or the 

 dog's pool, which is considered the highest among 

 these mountains, contains three sorts of fish, 

 eels, trout, and perch, all of which have only one 

 eye, the left being wanting. Geraldus also men- 

 tions, that in two places in Scotland, one near 

 the eastern, and the other near the western sea, 

 mullets are found to have the same defect. 



Daniel's Rural Sports, Supplement. 



