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LIFE, IN ITS HIGHER FORMS. 
of those beautiful little tropical fishes called Cluetodons. 
In the East Indies these are kept in vases for the purpose 
of witnessing their unerring archery, as their feats in this 
way are highly amusing. The manners of these little 
fishes (abundantly confirmed by subsequent testimony! 
were first described by Dr Schlosser, in a communication 
to the Royal Society, on the authority of Mr Hommel, 
the Governor of the Hospital at Batavia. 
The little fish alluded to ( Chelmon rostratus ) “ frequents 
the shores and sidos of the sea and rivers in search of 
food: when it spies a fly sitting on the plants that grow 
in shallow water, it swims on to [within] the distance of 
Tho Fly-shooter. 
four, five, or six feet ; and then, with a surprising dexte- 
rity, it ejects out of its tubular mouth a single drop of 
