Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1854-02-03
ViviparOus Fish.


more unexpected TO the scientific world than
that Of the extraordinary fishes discovered
Ivy Passed Midshirman Alonzo G.. jackson, in
San Salita Bay. A notice of them will hc
found in the November number of the Amer
lean journal Of Science, written by Professor
Louis Agassiz
Fishes as clGss have been long and we'll
known to he ovirarous From the little
minnow OF the mountain streams to the
countless myriads OF the mighty deep, with
lew and rare exceptions, they follow one uni
vcrsal rule. 1t is true that in ancient times,
and indeed for long ages succeeding, the
whale and the dolphin, with the othcr species
of the order cctacca were considered, even hy
eminent naturalists, as fishes, though known
to he Nivilarons. In more mcilern days,
however, this opinion came to be greatly dis
lut"d among scientific men some, as the
great LlnnWus, placing them among tie man
MALTA, since they were asccrtained to possess
the heart, lungs and other internal organs OF
quadrupeds others, following Bay and
Willoughhy, still CHASING them with fishes.
on account of the element in which they
lived, and their power Of progressive motion
there, The theory of Lineus has, however,
long since prevailed ; the whale, in spite of
popular opinion. is no longer fish, but II
'i'''i'"i"i- MY ''i' otiler ieW exceptions 10
'nr SI"ciui iuic i"teFics VI inc s''''rK' ray,
nllu "'so ''tc zo"lcuS') nave neeh PRONOUNCED
i''" .iiH,' ~ " oNo-'N larcus' Inc
WV, y. a Wv Nilato"s "'ii IS an event
:" se''i'.c nc'''cI .''is he" anu Pccull'r
,:r', '"'r't I?plu ~ VIZ: ''chsoh III the
". :.' c".t'"i '.''' NC VI o.o-
~ ''N'''' ''i iu'u'' in' 9'''o''
~ w. w, ',I. ';,., A., o.... .r,: ,. :.
o,n 7r,. Wy 81 H'' ui''o'e's L." MS
Y.,n ,'.,.';, - ~ '''' 'V'''i " ioi'S-
:. On th. -4b or lima r,so o,,l, :, .Lo
moruino for the nur,,sn ,f t,kinr - moys or
fish for breakfast ,nIlrd to tLa 1sn,I ,l,co
halted with cr,l and ,,,m,,nn0 al tii.,;,,,
tn. wind hloviur tno strnnr, C,r ,,rnG,ajI..
,nrliur. nr,rrthGlr,s nm the fr.t lr ,,n,onl
casts. / fastened the two fishes ,m,Ir and fam,in
tbat writa ,llout and .uch ,y,ra thc;r Tru'
mas, ;.,d strrrrtb. NAT thrv ond,n,,rr,d my.
,,i,,lt front rnI | ho,y,.tnr su,.c...d.d i,
t,~,ej,o h,ta. tn,u,h in h.,Ir,,n hnnr.y suI'.
s.'7,,rn7 wnrk ,,I ,,r .,.n,, - ,,IJl, t+,',,
,,r .'r3 'nr.,;'s ,rn i''' i'JA Ia
,,.rr,;,,,l ,.L.,,;'.. tI,,. liz w.,
',I ,.It I,r,I,,t,,,..'' >
r,., ,hnn v-L.'t 90 ''''
inc, i,nn -hn n,,,,~,, Mo nir," .,lI Ii'
r.1 Jhis - t''et s,,,.,'n-aj -,
,,j,;,I, tIi. f,b L,J sv.,II,tltt..I I,,t 1
,n.n;ue the isL. v,t yn.tl,, nstnni.I,nd -
md next to tuc back Of fire rtb ,nI Ji,rG,Iy
attached to it, ga llug very light violet BAG
- cl:ar and 50 transparent, that l could
already distinguish through 1t the shape,
color and formation rt Il multitude Of sina!i
lsi!-ali iac-sim.lcs Of each othcr---with
Wlic.i 1t wIS hIi.d. | took it on bparl--wc
y - occn! yln5 s!nall vessel which we mad
purchased !or Surveying purposes and when
opened thc bag, took th,rc!rom eighteen
more oi the young lisIcs, precis v ike, in
'iz', s,'"ie and color, tie first | had acciien-
"'IIy eAtrIctch.
Ih' moib.r ,rdt rcrV iargc rornd her c.ni,r.
and 0I Il rrg DARK tr0lrH Coior, approuchiu .
u0oui the bqck, and or the G.5, ;, llack colOr.
Und r,uarha5iy tiyor0uS Gyh. The yyunp
which took irUm he: were in shane, save A.,
t. rotuuditv, l.r.uct miniatures Of tine
mVtucr, formed like her, and OF tue same
general proportions, excel that the old one
was much broader an! wider between the ton,
Of tirs I,r,ll and ycntrA fins, in proportion to
nrr lcngt.I tlan the vounr were. As 10 Iic
coior. itey ,ee,e in ali respGcfs GEc Me D.o.ilr.
ihough tie shadcs tccre ntanv .egrc.s Ryhter.
rncv mad, too, the same peculiar mouth. the
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