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THE BIOLOGY OF FISHES
_
port of Looe, in Cornwall, there is a saltwater mill pool of ' _
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thirteen acres that is enclosed on the side of the river byàn
embankment, and into which the tide ows through
,
ood—gates that aord a ready passage for sh to the space -
“_
f
within.
When the tide begins to ebb the gates
themselves, but even before this has happened the Mullets - “
which have entered have been known to pass along the
enclosed circuit within the bank, as if seeking the means
of deliverance, and, nding no outlet, they have throw-”
themselves on the bank onthe side to their owndestruction’:
a; ”*:,
Day has given us a similar picture.
"‘ At Mevagisseÿ t , ,J_
a shoal entered the harbour, and having been perceived,
the entrance was at once barred by nets. The sh rst
tried to jump over, but a net was raised so as to bar that?
route.
waterwas very clear, and the sh were seen tb
'_:_
sWiin round
r0und, totry to nd an exit.
Next they
'
attehïptedto getunder the” foot 1îope;— at last one made ==apush, but became meshed. When this was done, another
'
came and lay down beside it, and nothing could drive .it»
5
away.
In short, all escaped but'these two.”, Couch. also- '
states, that the ancient Romans—= (quoting Pliny) used=to
,
employ one of the Mullets
decoy to catch others,:such
wäs°their delity to one another.
,
ï
-
.
vfA'mong the more r‘obvious examples ofg.intelligenCe
.
habits of thePipe—sh‘es must be'plac‘ed in:t”he—front
They can moVe about on excursions, and are not always; _f
found »amon”g* .seaweed.;_ Couch; desCribes;ë the j—Aequoreal
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Pipè—sh_—æ:
the=:surfaœ joyer deep water ”,
dur1ng thefsumrner: eveningS;
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,
THE BIOLOGY OF FISHES
_
port of Looe, in Cornwall, there is a saltwater mill pool of ' _
"
thirteen acres that is enclosed on the side of the river byàn
embankment, and into which the tide ows through
,
ood—gates that aord a ready passage for sh to the space -
“_
f
within.
When the tide begins to ebb the gates
themselves, but even before this has happened the Mullets - “
which have entered have been known to pass along the
enclosed circuit within the bank, as if seeking the means
of deliverance, and, nding no outlet, they have throw-”
themselves on the bank onthe side to their owndestruction’:
a; ”*:,
Day has given us a similar picture.
"‘ At Mevagisseÿ t , ,J_
a shoal entered the harbour, and having been perceived,
the entrance was at once barred by nets. The sh rst
tried to jump over, but a net was raised so as to bar that?
route.
waterwas very clear, and the sh were seen tb
'_:_
sWiin round
r0und, totry to nd an exit.
Next they
'
attehïptedto getunder the” foot 1îope;— at last one made ==apush, but became meshed. When this was done, another
'
came and lay down beside it, and nothing could drive .it»
5
away.
In short, all escaped but'these two.”, Couch. also- '
states, that the ancient Romans—= (quoting Pliny) used=to
,
employ one of the Mullets
decoy to catch others,:such
wäs°their delity to one another.
,
ï
-
.
vfA'mong the more r‘obvious examples ofg.intelligenCe
.
habits of thePipe—sh‘es must be'plac‘ed in:t”he—front
They can moVe about on excursions, and are not always; _f
found »amon”g* .seaweed.;_ Couch; desCribes;ë the j—Aequoreal
'
I 4
Pipè—sh_—æ:
the=:surfaœ joyer deep water ”,
dur1ng thefsumrner: eveningS;
beenf
:
into the
1
[ ;”,
or
,
,
théy takëÿt0surrounùngsthatmamækeddegree-reSemble
Â
_.
‘
"
'
adapÆing=theirœ15urÿ=m :theirrenvironèf”
_
,
.
—
in
—
ap_l,ärge
'
'—Wi;t—lièja-==“@uänti{tÿ o_fÏseaWeèd
*