Animal Life Under Water 



CHAPTER I 



BY WAY OF INTRODUCTION 



AN account of the habits of a fish-eating bird or 

 •x"a. animal cannot be considered complete unless 

 the aspect of the bird or animal is described as 

 seen from below the surface of the water, that is 

 to say, from the fish's point of view. Under- 

 water appearances differ so greatly from the 

 usual conception that it will be necessary first to 

 explain the general principles of an under-water 

 scene. 



This explanation given, I will next record 

 my reasons for thinking that man's under- 

 water point of view is similar to that of 

 the fish ; if the reader agrees with me on these 

 points, we shall be on common ground, and 

 I can then proceed to show how under-water 

 appearances affect the habits of subaqueous 

 life. 



