+0 Fisuinc in AMERICAN WATERS. 
the swim-bladder, the air contained in which is probably af 
fected by sound; and De Blainville expresses his astonish- 
ment at the magnitude of their nerves of hearing. 
It is superfluous to multiply examples of fishes coming 
when called by a whistle or a bell. Ihave frequently called 
them to me by whistling for them at various fountains and 
ponds in France, where the chief of the Fisheries Commis- 
sion, M. Coste, is stated not only to contend that all fishes 
hear, but that some of them talk! From all the evidence 
pro and con, I am convinced that fishes possess the sense of 
hearing. 
