THE SOCKING FISH. 



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tiboiit iiitur tliijir Jictirt has been torn out, aiul 



turtles liave lived feiiicFrrfte itft^ ma<mil 

 of wMl^ iHra^-fioltL tHie cr^z^m, Tk&limg'^ 



contiiiiitHl power of inotion iii parts wliicli have 

 ])vvn cut (itfiroiii tlic liody, as in the tail of tlie 

 water-newt and blind-worm^ may be explained 

 upon flie sSiifte 



TbM Imglk ^ ^tm Hh&t Bos iifllabilii^ esists 

 in sjinkts, has given rise to the opinion of the 

 vulgu)-, that " if a snake is killed in tlie morn- 

 ing, it w'ill not die before sunset." Among 



immi^rcm^ iiastaaeea v$ ufritaMlity in tlie warm- 

 blooddli class, shorily &lber i^&A tbi^ hmtmw^ 

 be stimulated to perfopm its natural acti^jH, fey 



heing' punctured ; and in a linil) alter ampnta- 

 tion, the muscles are excited to contract by a 

 scalpel being plunged itnisb ih&m* 



The sudmig-fisli IB cmnmnly founi adhering 

 to the Ixjdy of the shark. It is placed, by 

 Cu\'ier, amono- the third order of fishes, oi' the 

 Malaco^tcrygmns subbrachicuSi which is cbarac- 

 terized " Far des ventrales attachees sous les 



saspendu aux os de I'epaule." Its ocnevic cha- 

 racter is as foUows : — Head furnished above with 

 a flatj ovatr, transv tTsely sulfated shiehl. Gill 

 membrane six-rayed. Body without scales. 

 When Mrsi tmkmed iroiii wiitm% t^be 



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