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THE BIOLOGY OF FISHES
themselves in a sort of burrow, lined by the mucus secreted
from the skin, when the dry season approaches. They do
'
not wait until the ground has become too hard.
.
.
Of the shes so far mentioned, the Bel, Pilot—sh,
Angler and the others, it would be difcult to say which is
the cleverest, but,- if all stories are true, the palm has to be
_
awarded to another.
One has heard of birds being
to catch sh and other birds, few would believe it possible .
that a sh could be used for the same purpose.
This is
the
famous Sucker—sh, Echeneis, a not very distant relative of
the Pilot—sh and one already n0ted as also keeping company
—
with a Shark.
Many observers have described its per'
formances ; Haddon on the Cambridge Anthropological
-
Expeditions to the Torres Straits, Gill and Semon from the
same region, Bullen from China and Lady Brassey of the
Sunbeam from Venezuela.. More recently, Gudger ;has'
_
Collected these references with additional observations of
"
his own into ”an interesting account of this wonderful sh:
It appears that in the year 1494,when Christopher Columbus
'
discovered Cuba, he found the natives there using this
method of shing. The sporting tendencies of Echeneis
have thus been exploited— in all parts of the world ; did the
'
__
natives'æachthe sh, Or the sh the natives
.
'
.:
>;
: ]
'
The method of shing is essèntially the same“everywhere; ' ?
The sh is readily caught and a line is fastened round its " ”
tail ;” the shermen take it'—with
either inside or
_
attached Outside byits sucker,“whenthey row-out in search
of turtles—the chief object of the shing, though in Australia
even the DugonghaSbeen— takenin—this way. .When they
’
.
have
turtle, this naturallÿ'disappeaæ from the
Surface,“ but the”'Sucker-sh is then loOSened fand- goes in
pursuit.“ Howitndsthé turtle is.k—n0w only to itself, but
it-does“and fastenS On toits-back. 'The shermen know from
'
the line when it hasstrùok and'appr0ach as}nearas poSsible.
There 18 no fear of
î“escaping,
: Sucker-sh
will be t0rn
pieces rather? than—let gd“ until the right
moment.. It's" lifting capacity-,. however, is:abut small, pas
Gudger‘ïfo‘und by
ï—nativee apparentlÿ
THE BIOLOGY OF FISHES
themselves in a sort of burrow, lined by the mucus secreted
from the skin, when the dry season approaches. They do
'
not wait until the ground has become too hard.
.
.
Of the shes so far mentioned, the Bel, Pilot—sh,
Angler and the others, it would be difcult to say which is
the cleverest, but,- if all stories are true, the palm has to be
_
awarded to another.
One has heard of birds being
to catch sh and other birds, few would believe it possible .
that a sh could be used for the same purpose.
This is
the
famous Sucker—sh, Echeneis, a not very distant relative of
the Pilot—sh and one already n0ted as also keeping company
—
with a Shark.
Many observers have described its per'
formances ; Haddon on the Cambridge Anthropological
-
Expeditions to the Torres Straits, Gill and Semon from the
same region, Bullen from China and Lady Brassey of the
Sunbeam from Venezuela.. More recently, Gudger ;has'
_
Collected these references with additional observations of
"
his own into ”an interesting account of this wonderful sh:
It appears that in the year 1494,when Christopher Columbus
'
discovered Cuba, he found the natives there using this
method of shing. The sporting tendencies of Echeneis
have thus been exploited— in all parts of the world ; did the
'
__
natives'æachthe sh, Or the sh the natives
.
'
.:
>;
: ]
'
The method of shing is essèntially the same“everywhere; ' ?
The sh is readily caught and a line is fastened round its " ”
tail ;” the shermen take it'—with
either inside or
_
attached Outside byits sucker,“whenthey row-out in search
of turtles—the chief object of the shing, though in Australia
even the DugonghaSbeen— takenin—this way. .When they
’
.
have
turtle, this naturallÿ'disappeaæ from the
Surface,“ but the”'Sucker-sh is then loOSened fand- goes in
pursuit.“ Howitndsthé turtle is.k—n0w only to itself, but
it-does“and fastenS On toits-back. 'The shermen know from
'
the line when it hasstrùok and'appr0ach as}nearas poSsible.
There 18 no fear of
î“escaping,
: Sucker-sh
will be t0rn
pieces rather? than—let gd“ until the right
moment.. It's" lifting capacity-,. however, is:abut small, pas
Gudger‘ïfo‘und by
ï—nativee apparentlÿ