. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Reptiles; Fishes; Mollusks; Natural history; Reptiles; Poissons; Mollusques; Sciences naturelles. THE GAK-FISH. S21 rnvnolenontfortliat of tno finny race, to dive thnnvr], the water with such marvellous adjhvss that they can chase capture even the swift active fishes a S cr-emZ sul:.ner,ecl for a much longer than the Flyin-Mish can remain in the Fly .^ ^n it IS well known that the iiiu-ht of this fish is short and intermittent, the creature bcin- ^od to dip the sea after its sweep through the air, and the cause of th s
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Reptiles; Fishes; Mollusks; Natural history; Reptiles; Poissons; Mollusques; Sciences naturelles. THE GAK-FISH. S21 rnvnolenontfortliat of tno finny race, to dive thnnvr], the water with such marvellous adjhvss that they can chase capture even the swift active fishes a S cr-emZ sul:.ner,ecl for a much longer than the Flyin-Mish can remain in the Fly .^ ^n it IS well known that the iiiu-ht of this fish is short and intermittent, the creature bcin- ^od to dip the sea after its sweep through the air, and the cause of th s iiecessit? , the .Iryuit, of the fin-mendnanes, which prevents the fish fnm sSS lis; ";v^;Lii;;a':^r-\,::j:t^i-;^i^^^^^^ the hitermitt^it s simpl/fi t,^ ^^'i;-L/^^LpXt' HXlls ^f Z S'l^ thehloodhithesaineinetliodthatisadopj^a^^ ^ow, the llying-hsh possesses no such reservoir, and the questional eef re ansos, whe her the passage through the air may not act powerful yZh b ood v su].rlying It with an excess of oxygen, and, through the hlo, .1, u,)on the nervous sv tern p,oducâ,g a knul 0 temporary delirium or intoxication. It wc,uld^"an ntei-idn.^x^eH: incnt to eateh a l-lymg-fish after its fiight, and test the temperature of the wftli a trustworthy instrument and also to ascertain the length of time that a Flyin "Ih can suiAive when removed from the water. ^ ° IVrhaps some of my may I'lave the opportunity of making these investigations and «t so v,ng some o the countless .livine enigmas which surround us. It nSy be tTat It the lull history of the ^tish were discovered, M-e should fiml therein 701^ he operations ot nature as exemplified in the individual species, but discover enshrined wHldn the Innits of that deliea c. framework the deepest mysteries of vitality, health ad a material locomotion of winch we have as yet hardly dreamed About thirty species of %ing-tisli are known, mostlv belonning to the Mediterrane
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