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agency of a sucking-fish, that stopped Anthony's 

 ship. 



Wherever sharks exist, there the remora may 

 be expected ; when once fastened on, they seem 

 unwilling to let go their hold, and like the old man 

 of the sea, on the shoulders of Sindbad the sailor, 

 they ride their enemies till they die. 



We are inclined to the opinion that most of the 

 specimens procured in this latitude have been voy- 

 agers from the neighborhood of the tropics. 



Indian Remora, — Echeneis Naucrates. We 

 have a specimen of this species over two feet 

 long, the proportions of which are truly elegant. 

 The color has a greenish tint, but the sucking 

 surface in shape precisely like the last described, 

 has twentyfour plates. 



With this, the natives of Cuba formerly carried 

 on a very singular sort of angling, which was in 

 the following manner. A strong, small twine was 

 made fast round the tail of the fish, which, by the 

 way, was kept in a vat, and carried in a vessel of 

 water, wherever its services were required, and 

 then thrown overboard. It ran instinctively to- 

 ward the first fish which the length of line would 

 permit it to reach, and instantly made itself 

 fast. The moment the fisherman felt that such 

 was the case, he gently drew in the line, drawing 



