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EASTERN ETHIOPIA 



III 



states that it is possible to ascertain its coodition, 

 when enveloped in the clod of earth, by passing a straw 

 {Jjrin-de-i^aiUe) down the funnel to tlie mouth of the 

 fish ; if alive, it immediately utters a cry which is 



Funnc!l. 

 Month. 



ri'ctur.il 

 liiiili. 



-v;.u^; 



wr^^'^' 



Lepidosiren, tlie mud or lung fish, in its cocoon 

 embedded in mud. (After Newton Parker.) 



]>roduccd l)y the expiration of air from its lungs. 

 When the clods are softened out care must be taken 

 that the water does not enter the funnel or the fish 

 would be suffocated. 



