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giving it frefh Water, and coming often to it, k be- 
came fo familiar as to cat fmall Worms I now and* 
then threw into the Jar, and from that time grew fo 
tame as to take them out of my Hand j nay it became 
fo bold at lad, that when its Belly was full, or it 
did not iike what I offer'd, it would fee' up its 
Prickles, and with its utrnod Strength made a Stroke 
at my Fingers, if I pm them into the Water to it. 
This Fifh was of fo unfociable a Difpofition, tha$ 
it would fuffer no other Fifh to live in the jar with 
it, and fo audacious, as to attack whatever I put in, 
though ten times its own Size. 
One Day, for the fake of Diverfion, a Friend be- 
ing then with me, I put a fmal] Ruff into the Jar 
to it, which the Bandicle immediately afiaulted and 
put to Flight, having in the Conflict torn off a good 
Part of its Tail ; and would, I dare fay, have killed 
ir, had I not feparated. them very foon. 
Infinite Numbers of thefe Prickle-backs are to be 
found in aimed: all frefh Waters, where-ever it is pof- 
fibie for Fifh to live $ and whatever other Kinds the 
Water is replenifhed with, this certainly is one, as 
far as I have yet had Opportunity to make any Em 
quiry. 
The Endeavours they ufc, and the Ability they 
have, to get from Place to Place, are alfo extraordb 
nary > for though the larged of them fcarce meafures 
above two Inches in Length, I have feen feme of 
them leap out of the Water a Foot high perpendi- 
cularly, and even much further in an oblique DL 
re&ion, when they wanted to get over Boards or 
Stones, or feme other Obdade to their Paflage. 
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