, 1866-08-26

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altrles, nptl la was rDnvll,nsd tlrat tia VIlnla
nllnl!~f Ut hlec!es mas al leaat tIlrBe tt'o1.,
Tlis rrota.su, spota ~e,nty Of ti,a tl.qliI,
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wEielt tie si,ufd imta attotal!i ilsksI iliiis.
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bs hfitt,t ~ s1lt,} btttfihg !lsti tllti, ltad
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eiiGli i, eulietliuii IF ilsiias, ns ila llAd
Thu ElN.,efuF VI BRAZIL, returning, ffphs tlte
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le fep Eayg |I f Is ge|5A " s0. 10 lon ara
'asf HI aH9Tfs y sssis ssdt % i 1,|se !'R:es s s
iishea Ftd lllpsa n ~ ms h AnriaaspH|an dafas II
e0E!parlssGg, 'ftlae plast eheraeteftsfte elasa
Il thAtG llln HaNtoanNks, Nhtah corresponds
to anr horRpoRts hAt |nt!u1! mora nearly II
III sssspp Ss Rvet! vi e v Wv y'els elds:s
allied to them. II is q hmily of' tropteal
distribution, It may ha said, il It mt pos.
sihle for these 1lsl!cs to- lntgratoe 50 that
nothing could la inferred from the!r pres
enee ii certain looa!|ttes only. :He had
party. making collections on different parts
time; 20 that he fulf TINT Ills conclusions
werc not based on insufficient knowledge.
Another family, which l. luitc numerous,
na ss 9s4 tn IL tes County, tRfT m4 9 ill.,
cd moro than sixty'two species. But in q
very small lake In Brazil he obtained three
hundred species, and from larger lakes and
rivers he procured still larger numbers. The
next family Is that Of tho chromids. t Is
almost exclusively South American, with a
ber Of these known to exist In the Amazon
was cleYen. He himself had added nineteen.
Where the boundaries Of transition In geo.
graphical distribution Of these fishes were,
and Wh1t the causes of this distribution he
could not cay. He had spread his assistants
about so that he was sure Of the fact, but ho
could'not yet 20 beyond 1t. Erary pron1i-
nent type Of the ocean had its type among
these same chromids. He might tspeak Of the
habits of these fishes.
Many species carry their eggs In tho sides
| OF the mouth like food, or tobacco, II you
please, others bury them in holes. There
arc others In which tho eggs become attach
ed to the lover part of tha abdomen 9th
ers sit upon thclr eggs like q bird. one class
covering them with The mouth; the aeratcd
| water thus helps to hatch them. Another
| family Is the carnsids, corresponding to our
| minnows and herring. But there are some
kinds Of tlsh which range all along the Ama-
Eon and its tributaries. We cannot tell why
they should hase general distribution my
more than VIC can Ut present explain the ID
| cal distribution of 6Wordhsh. ).
He finally spent three weeks ut the mouth
OF the Amazon, receiving every facility from
| the President Of this province Of Parn to &C.
whnt flshes went into tho; ocean from til
river, or tho other way. Ho did not know
single cod dnsh:liko nah on the eoaatx of Rruxa
or anything like tho Bcu11ions.f He addc
that the artist Of his expedition had prepare
: paintings Of eight hundred fresh water fisl
and Of three hundred species from the ocea,
If Professor Henry could let lin I'LL ten 70
umes Of tho Smithsonian publications,
| had tAe material whcrcwith to do It.