TJie Four-homed Trunk Fish. 
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Frog," says he, " puts forth the slender horns situated 
beneath his eyes, enticing by that means the little fish 
to play around till they come within his reach, when 
he springs upon them." But it is not only the lesser 
inhabitants of the water that the Angler ensnares ! 
Codfish of good size are often found in his stomach, and 
he occasionally seizes upon fishes as they are beiug 
drawn up by the line. Mr. Yarrell mentions an in- 
stance of an Angler attacking a conger-eel under these 
circumstances : the eel wriggled through the branchial 
aperture of his captor, and both were drawn up to- 
gether. 
Cicero also notices this extraordinary creature, in his 
Treatise on the Nature of the Gods. He observed its 
wonderful construction when musing on the shores of 
Sicily. 
THE FOUK-HOKNED TETJNK FISH. 
(Ostracim quadricornis.) 
These singular fishes are distinguished from most others 
by the bony covering which envelopes them. The head 
and body are covered with plates of bone, forming an 
inflexible cuirass, and leaving exposed only the tail, 
fins, mouth, and a portion of the gill opening. They 
have no ventral fins, and the dorsal and anal are placed 
far back. Their liver is large, and abounds with oil. 
The Trunk-fish is a native of the Indian and American 
seas. Some of the species are considered excellent 
eating. 
