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THE SEAS
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'
under Surface.
By pulling on the rope, the boat and turtle
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can then be brought close together and the turtle captured.
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At times, however, the turtle dives, and the Remora does
'
not stick fast enough to
strain to be put
on to the rope to lift the turtle which" clings hard to the
bottom.
Under
such
circumstances" the native locates Ÿ
the exact position of the turtle by means of the string and
then dives doWn himself and secures it With a rope.
The
'
practice has been studied in the region of the Torres Straits
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very thoroughly by Prof. A. C. Haddon, who says : “ The
_
‘
sucker—sh is not used to haul in the large green turtles;
.
I_ was repéatedly assured that it would pull off, as the turtle
Ï
_
was too heavy ; but small ones were caught in this manner.”
He goes into full details of the attachment of the leash to,
.
the
and says,
“
I was informed that in leashing &
»
sucker-sh, a hole is
at the base of the tail-n by
means of a turtle—bone and one end of a very long piece of
'
string inserted through the hole and made fast to the tail,
the other end being permaneny retained.
A short piece
'
of string is passed through the mouth and out at the gills,
_
'
thus securing the head end._ By means of these two strings '
‘
the sh is retainèd, while slung over the sides of the Canoe,
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in the water (Fig. 16).— The short piece is pulled out of the
mouth of the sh when the turtle is sighted and the gaÿu is
.
free to attach itself to the turtle.”
And after this, according
f
.
to Prof. H'addon, the sucker-sh is eaten at the end of the 7
day!
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Avery curious modication Of a n—ray is to be foundin the
common Angler Fish or Fishing Frog (Loÿhius pisoatoriusl.
In this case the front r'ay of the baçk n is very elongated
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and bears at its tip a little tuft of laments.
The sh is
,
truly named an Angler Fish for by means of this n—ray
it
angles for its prey, which is lured on by the worm-like
waving laments. Even more curious are the near relatives
,