220 DISCOBOLI. 



When the ocean becomes severely turbulent, it 

 is supposed they fasten on stones, to keep from 

 being driven suddenly on the rocky shores, which 

 they seem fond of frequenting. We have found 

 them on Long Island, in Boston harbor, after a 

 long continued northeast storm, weighing about six 

 pounds. It is barely possible that the anchor on 

 which they fixed for security, was torn from the 

 bottom, and both washed on the beach together. 



The sucking surface acts upon the same princi- 

 ple of that upon the head of the remora, though 

 differently constructed, both being air-pumps. 

 Frogs adhere to trees by fleshy pads on their toes, 

 which are very similar to the lump-sucker's oval 

 cushion ; and either of them will sometimes allow 

 the body to be drawn in halves, before they 

 let go their hold. 



THE LUMP FISH. 



Lump-fish and lump-sucker, are names indiffer- 

 ently applied to the same fish. From the middle 

 of June till September, they are often drawn up 

 in fishing for cod and haddock. Being short and 



