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4.—Seized and rapidly rejected by five fish in 
succession. 
5.—Seized and rapidly rejected by four fish in 
succession. 
B. Flat Fish Tank :— 
Ancula 1.—Seized and rejected by a young cod and six 
plaice in rapid succession. 
2.—Seized and rejected by seven plaice in rapid 
succession and left lying on sand. 
3.—Seized and rejected by four plaice in rapid 
succession and left lying on sand. 
The fish were then tried with some cockles, which, 
when thrown in, were eagerly pounced upon and eaten. 
Then four specimens of Ancula were thrown in together 
and were tried and rejected by two young cod and three 
plaice. 
C. Table Tank :— 
Ancula 1.—Touched by a young cod but not taken, then 
tried and rejected by goldsinny. ; 
2.—Touched and rejected several times by cod. 
3.—Touched and rejected by first cod, bolted sud- 
denly by second. 
The shannies at once take an object into the mouth 
even though they reject it again immediately, but the 
young cod usually approach it very closely and appear to 
smell it or feel it with the hps and then turn away from 
it, or else suddenly bolt it, in which case it does not re- 
appear. ‘The shanny seems to test the edibility inside its 
mouth, the cod outside. 
Some crabs (Hyas araneus) in two small tanks were 
then tried with specimens of Ancula with the following 
results :— 
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