THE CAKP FAMILT. 



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whether accidentally or on purpose, have a singnlar habit, 

 on occasion, of cutting through the angler's line trith the 

 sharp spine of their dorsal fin. It also seems to be a Trell- 

 estabHshed fact that when they perceive a net approaching 

 they -will bniy their noses in the mnd of the bottom, and 

 refose to move, even thongh the leads of the net s'weep 

 heavily over them. By ihu means they escape. If, how- 

 ever, they should happen to be dragged np by the net, they 

 will frequently endeavour, like the Grey Mullet, to spring 

 over the top ; in fact there is no doubt that the Carp quite 

 merits his sobriquet of the " TTater-Fox." 



The chamber for lodgrag the brain is particularly well 

 dosed and compact, as will be seen by a reference to the 



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