186 CURIOUS HOMES AND THEIR TENANTS. 



able the naturalist to determine their exact position 

 in the zoological scale. 



Whether the habit is shared by varieties of this 

 fish to be found elsewhere is not known, but those 



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frequenting the Gulf Stream, off the coast of N^orth 

 America, build themselves nests of seaweed, in which 

 their eggs are hatched. These nests consist of large, 



