IN FEATHERS AND 1UR. 
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while the under parts are a rich orange color. Its usual length is 
fifteen or sixteen inches. 
This fish has the fin on the under side of the body, made into 
a sort of sucker, by which he can hold on to rocks, or anything. 
It is said that he can hold on so well, that if put in a pail of water, 
he can be lifted up by the tail, when he will fasten on to the bottom 
and lift pail and water, and all. 
The Lump Fish Mamma is reported to be more careful of her 
young than most fishes. She makes some sort of a home, and 
takes care of them till they are big enough to go out in the world, 
when thev attach themselves to her body, and she swims off with 
them. That's the storv, anyway. 
There's a curious fellow on next page dressed in mail, or rather 
in a box with holes for his fins and tail to come through. His coat 
