APPENDIX D. 



Stray Crumbs for the Naturalist and Pisciculturist. 



m £>a S e - 



1HE superficial area of the propelling power 



of the Mahseer. "Trying to account for" &c. 



Bottom of . 10 



The Natural History of the Mahseer. Chapt. III. 

 for particulars of which see contents. 



The Mahseer a great fish eater, though a carp. 

 "To any one" &c. .... 36 



The Mahseer's extraordinary power of compres- 

 sion with a soft leathery mouth. "But we have 

 not" &c. . 36, 37, 38 



The size of the fish preyed on not necessarily 

 regulated by the size of the fish preying on 

 them, the largest fish frequently taking small 

 baits in preference 



Fish communicate ideas to each other 



Fish have a brain, and think with it 



Monkeys converse 



Dogs „ . . 



Bison „ . . 



Antelope, sheep, tigers, birds, communicate. 



Ovid's magpies, . ... 



Ants communicate . , . . 



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