244 LITTLE FOLKS 
Perhaps his tail is the most curious thing about him. It is four 
sided like a square file, and is covered with scales like the rest of 
his body. It is long and prehensile like the tail of monkeys, and 
to hold on to something seems to be the desire of his life. 
If two of them meet in the water, they are sure to grab each 
other by the tail. Even tiny atoms of baby Sea Horses, with tails 
no bigger than a bit of thread, will seize each other and hold on for 
dear life, never giving up till they are tired out. 
Very little was known about the Hippocampus , till a naturalist 
— Rev. Samuel Lockwood — kept several in an aquarium, and by 
closely watching them found out their wonderful ways. 
Fishes in general have very little trouble with their babies. 
They just put the eggs into some place they fancy is safe, and 
leave them to their fate, so that makes this little fellow's conduct 
all the more strange. 
There are several varieties of the Sea Horse. They will 
readily live in a salt water aquarium, and are comical little creatures 
to watch. 
