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THE LIVING WORLD, 
The Snipe-fish (Macrorhamphosus scolopax ) is a common European fish, 
whose snout resembles the bill of the snipe, although its body is much more 
suggestive of a hog. 
The Sea-horse is common in tropical waters; it has the head of a horse 
(or rather of the knight of the chess-board), and a prehensile tail with which 
it holds on to the sea-weed. The creature is a very interesting object when 
in an aqua- 
r i u m. The 
sea horse is 
not only inter¬ 
esting on ac¬ 
count of its 
very singular 
appearance 
but for its 
habits as well, 
which are de¬ 
cidedly eccen- 
t r i c. The 
little crea¬ 
ture, scarcely 
more than 
three inches 
iu length, is 
able to dart 
about with 
extraordin- 
ary celerity, 
in resem¬ 
blance to the 
movements 
of the craw- 
9 . plaice . (Pleuronedes platessa.) 
flounder. {PI. flesus .) 11 . dab. (PI. limatida.) 
fish, but instead of seeking concealment it rests 
only upon such object as it may grasp by means 
of its tail. Here the grotesque creature rests 
until again disturbed, looking with curiosity from 
FOUR-HORNED TRUNK FISH. 
side to side until, presto! it is gone, only to as suddenly reappear at another 
place, always manifesting a ludicrous eccentricity. 
