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NATURE S TEACHINGS. 



as it is, must be capable of working in any direction, and with 

 some latitude as to the extent. 



On the left hand are shown two of the wonderful bones which 

 are found in the head of the Fishing-frog or Angler-fish 



-BONES OF ANGLER-FISH 



STAPLE AND RING. 



(Lophius), and which serve as decoys, by means of which the 

 smaller fish are entrapped into the vast jaws of the Angler-fish. 



It is clearly necessary that these singular appendages should 

 be capable of movement in every direction, and this object is 

 attained by the structure which is here shown, and which is 

 almost equal to the ball-and-socket joint for its freedom of 

 movement. It will even allow of partial rotation, so as to cause 

 the little strip of skin at its end to assume the aspect of a living 

 worm, and entice the smaller fish into the jaws of the dread trap 

 that lies open before them. 



A figure of this fish may be seen on page 92. 



The Fan. 



Except in permanently cold countries, a Fan of some kind 

 seems to be an absolute necessity. Sometimes, as in the greater 

 part of Europe, it is used only by the softer sex. The harder 

 sex would often be only too glad to use it if they dared, and the 

 same observation is equally true with regard to the parasol. 



But, in such lands as Japan and China, the Fan is an 

 absolute necessity of existence. Men, women, and children 

 alike carry their Fan, and almost perpetually use it. I 



