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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 " Eishing-frog " family, already alluded 

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



LOPHIirS PISCATOHITJS. 



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

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

 known 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 tlie Aslimolean Society at 

 Oxford, June 1843. 



