Stories of Lake, Field And Forest. Rambles of a Sportsman-Naturalist. With Ten Half-Tone Engravings
The book Stories of Lake, Field And Forest. Rambles of a Sportsman-Naturalist. With Ten Half-Tone Engravings was written by author Frank Amasa Bates Here you can read free online of Stories of Lake, Field And Forest. Rambles of a Sportsman-Naturalist. With Ten Half-Tone Engravings book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Stories of Lake, Field And Forest. Rambles of a Sportsman-Naturalist. With Ten Half-Tone Engravings a good or bad book?
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I don't know of a homelier fish than a horn-pout. There are neither graceful lines nor pretty colors. They look as if their ancestors had their heads squat down by some enormous thumb and finger, and the black back, fading out into the white of the belly, is anything but pretty. All these things go to show their habit. How wonderfully does nature provide for her children, to protect them from their en- emies, and adapt their form to their mode of life. Even this homely fish furnishes a beau- ti...ful lesson in evolution. The sluggish, bot- tom feeding habit has flattened its head and set the mouth low down nearly on a level with the belly ; the numerous feelers, or bar- 86 LAKE, FIELD AND FOKEST. bels, furnish means of discovering their food in the muddy water ; and the black color of the back, of the same hue as the mud on which they lie, protects them from the at- tacks of their enemies ; while the belly, lying next the mud, and not exposed to view, has turned to the neutral white or gray.
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