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England, and stares at the buyers on the stalls of the 
London markets. The Lump, properly so named from 
its unseemly shape, is about a foot in length, and ten 
inches broad. The flesh is but indifferent. 
This fish, by means of its sucker, is able to adhere to 
surfaces with great force. Pennant says, that, on throw- 
ing an individual of this species into a pail of water, it 
adhered so firmly to the bottom, that on taking the fish by 
the tail, the whole pail was lifted up, though it held some 
gallons. 
THE CAVALLO-MARINO, OR SEA-HORSE. 
(Hippocampus brevirostris.) 
THIS is a small fish of a curious shape. The length sel- 
dom reaches twelve inches ; the head bears some resem- 
blance to that of a horse, whence originates its name. A 
series of longitudinal and transverse ridges runs from the 
head to the tail, which is spirally curved and prehensile. 
The following account of two specimens taken alive at 
Guernsey, in June, 1835, by F. C. Lukis, Esq., is extracted 
from Yarrell's British Fishes. These creatures were kept 
about twelve days in a glass vessel, and their actions were 
equally novel and amusing. " An appearance of search 
for a resting-place induced me," says Mr. Lukis, "to con- 
