IN FEATHERS AND FUR. 313 
A full grown Diodon, or Sea Hedgehog, will measure more 
than a foot in diameter. 
The Globe or Balloon Fish belongs to the same family, you see. 
What an intelligent face he has ! Look at that mouth ! This crea- 
ture can puff himself up with air till he looks like a balloon. 
Below is a fish which Mr. Wood says looks as if the head and 
shoulders of some very large fish had been cut off, and a fin put on 
to the cut end. It gets the name of Sim Fish from its shining 
silvery white sides, and partly also from its shape. 
- In the night it is brilliantly bright, and can be seen swimming 
about in its own light. It is five or six feet long, which you would 
not suspect from the size of the picture. 
It usually swims with the back fin above the water. Its flesh 
is white and good to eat. 
