The Sea Side And Aquarium Or Anecdote And Gossip On Marine Zoology
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By the aid of a lens we saw that the two eyes were the sparkling diamonds; that the body, which consisted of transparent gelatine, filled with grey granules, dwindled away towards the tail : so that each little fairy fish of half-an-inch in length resembled a tiny pair of scissors. Prosecuting our investigations, I found them half grown, and at last full grown; so that I had the satisfaction of ascertaining, that the little beauties we had so much admired were the fry of Lepidogaster binaculatu...s the little two-spotted Sucker-fish. How wonderfully the Lord teaches the feeblest of His creatures to pro- E 66 THE SEA-SIDE AND AQUAKIUM. vide for their own safety and that of their offspring ! It is not an old weather-beaten Scallop that it takes possession of, but one that is fresh without and smooth and pure within. After it has entered, it certainly has some way of glueing the valves together, for it is not without difficulty that they can be torn asunder; neither is it imprisoned, though the apart- ment is thus shut against intruders : for, closely as the valves adhere, there are some little apertures about the ears of the shell, through which it can make its exit with its numerous family, or by which such little creatures as they feed on may in their simplicity enter.
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