EASTERN ETHIOPIA 
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states that it is possible to ascertain its condition, 
when enveloped in the clod of earth, by passing a straw 
{hrin-de-paille) down the funnel to the mouth of the 
fish ; if alive, it immediately utters a cry which is 
Buirow. 
Funnel. 
Mouth. 
Tail. 
Cocoon. 
Pectoral 
limb. 
Earth. 
mud or lung fish, in its cocoon 
embedded in mud. (After Newton Parker.) 
produced by the expiration of air from its lungs. 
When the clods are softened out care must be taken 
that the water does not enter the funnel or the fish 
would be suffocated. 
