. Birds of other lands, reptiles, fishes, jointed animals and lower forms; . t sea ! Theother and more probable li\-pothe-sis has it that the air-bladder of thensh becomes distended to enableit to reach the surface for food— for it is a deep-sea fish — andthat the keen, frosty air preventsit from compressing the bladder and returning to the depths; thus it gradually drifts into shallow water, is hurled shorewardsby the surf, and finalh wriggles itself on to the beach to die. The long stretches of sandybeach a few miles from Duncdin are a favourite resort for frost-fish catching. Two or threeme
. Birds of other lands, reptiles, fishes, jointed animals and lower forms; . t sea ! Theother and more probable li\-pothe-sis has it that the air-bladder of thensh becomes distended to enableit to reach the surface for food— for it is a deep-sea fish — andthat the keen, frosty air preventsit from compressing the bladder and returning to the depths; thus it gradually drifts into shallow water, is hurled shorewardsby the surf, and finalh wriggles itself on to the beach to die. The long stretches of sandybeach a few miles from Duncdin are a favourite resort for frost-fish catching. Two or threemen camp out at the foot of the cliffs overhanging the beach, pitching a tent and lightinga huge fire, so as to render life bearable during the long vigils. The fishing consists inperambulating the beach up and down shortly before dawn, and keeping a sharp look-out inthe surf for the silver streak which betokens the approach of a victim. As soon as a fi^h is rhot, k, If. , ] ^ FRINGED HORSE-MACKEREL No:e the great length (>f the fin-rays. Fh,l, tv R,inhold rh:,li i> C».] {Chamtr, Lane, tV. C. HORSE-MACKEREL Tie strong hee} formed />v riJgeJ scales running each slle cf the rail is a characteristic feature 224 THE LIVING ANIMALS OF THE WORLD descried, all that remains to be done is to seize hold of it and drag it ashore, if it has notalready stranded itself, and then dispatch it. The Barracuda, or Smjek, is likewise a New Zealand species, attaining a length of 5 is found also at the Cape and South Australia. In New Zealand the flesh is exported toMauritius and Batavia as a regular article of commerce, being worth ^£17 per ton. The H()RSE-M.\CKERELS, or SCAUS, are represented by some very bizarre-looking forms. Itis a large family, belonging to tropical and temperate seas. One species, the COMMON HORSE-
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