The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1869-07-20
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hy M wh W eare aai
ems tatM So lAe
eofk lsfly eue a the most 3D.
'efcsteg ebaeise n ta history cf
ft.ts ha ~ ~ fHh 81 gentle
msn wh ne3f M n1t a.aa
bin d rlsim te lill 81 eai.fie.
Observer. aiil Ed kn hnt few
WIN 81, 0ufe asfly etiled b. Che
appeIlailo
s7na yr Haee ibe Rcl Bau-
sraa Roaks spfciaeui of tbs
Ceylae lTaueA 81 tle llnyal Asat.e
Society informed ,h Iafe slr Emef
seh ieHnc' that be bad observed that
oeriain fishes IN Cryiou could not
br,alhc 81 wa'er, tpl bad a aceud
~ ilc swyftce fpr air. aui tAat they
we're readily drowned IS keeping
lhen submerged.
Tic Bsb thai formed ilie subject
a these observations are ilose dat
hse ID the maIdg waters = uamits.
ihe locality ia Which Ties reside,
and the mode II capturing them, arc
thus graphical, described
~lac swamp 0i Muogoo li4iaaI.e
"a unt Jess imagine. tau thirty
tlaaf ni.e "a extent, being ne wcIl
u sBe can n3- by GHc eyg fatty
iep uiies loag ~ tHw broad Tbe
gmtn Ha. taas through it, and
mlst contribute 81 ae degree t8
kcp tie satcf u the swamp AZ q
a,efe Heafly uniform level Than
would otherwise hc Tie case; bot.
Notwithstanding suy influence Of that
kind, ibofe are yery considerable vac
rictics in The height 81 the water at
different seasons.
"At Tie time 81 ms first visit very
little water was visible Is tho swamp.
nearly all tho surface being covered
with ra.k gra which had formed
nearly continuous sod over L. BE-
meath that superficial sod were about
two feet a. wafer, or rather IL dim
ted mud, abont The consistency OF
thick peat soup, and beneath that
again a solid vegetable deposit. very
murh resembling that which IL used
aeiuel III Ireland andor the name If
turf was ~ first unable rs account
for tae water being } nulI,, a. ii
might IS expected that IL water Sd
pesieetY sal a. to have 4 sod grow
iffg over il surface. lie earthly par
tclcs would soon subsi,ie and leave
the water clear, The phenomenon
Is, ! believe, 10 be accounted for hv
the large number OF hoongas aud
magooras which iuhahdt ii, which,
by thc rerpetm motion Of their rib
bonh Ike bodies, keep the mud III
constant agitation. 81 perceptble
was This effect I'll tic ease u some
which | Lad ii confinement, that /
found i necessary ii order to nain-
tam the elearne#s Of my aquarium,
e. exclude them from Il altogether.
Tie sod with which tie muddy wa
ter was covered was firm enough to
support the weight Of natives, sever
Al u whom were engaged IL cutting
the long grass for their cattle, while
on some 81 tile liriner parts bullocks
were % be seen grazng. Thus the
singular phenomenon was exhibited
q 90 extensive plain, on the surface
Il which men and cattle were mov
ing about, while beneath the surface
were quantities ii tish, several OF
Whiel, ! sAw captured.
"lhe mode IN which the natives
catch these fsI, Is worry peculiar and
% iu tactau Ingenious application 81
'liclT knowledge ot the fact that they
cannot long exist withoas a,ngs-
phcfie ar.
3Nhen the Uaop i Ia 4 proper
stats III such operations siz. when
lhe waiter Htdiup tao higltuor t0a
i9~ and tlie m1ace IS covered. as
base described. with a iina od. Witi
two r three iep, 81 diltfei mud be-
uael Y, a native goes oat ID uigat
wht TIE al \ still, ana walking
through the wamp, 4 teus fer the
peculiar Sounds Winch tAc iish make
- brea'hing Having selected i
part ia Nsich these sounds ave hcard
81 frequently a. e. afford i prospect
81 catching . considerable number,
hc proceed Sc remove tho 500 irum
a few circular patches, each about
three feet IN diameter, in tho & places
IN which there already exist ualO
hole. 10 the -o,l which tic hsll ire-
gueHi ter ihe purpose af breathing
Nhea lhat Il done le retutns horne
for ll.e night did not think II
necessary e 81 pr eth Fl tl noe,
tnrnal part Il ii.o operations h !
accompanied the fisherman tie tal-
losing morning 81 tha si.o, which BE
bad prepared during ihe previous
night, and found il a most Labor.
Gus Mort ~ make nay Way osgf 80
uesrheFou ugiaee although tAg na-
t,se appeared to traverse S without
auf diulty when ur clet 'he
fishing ground, operation acr cJa-
meuecd BY making k'nd 81 e
ure q ut 9ii lroni Ills rest ii tlio
swamp ihat portion % which the cir-
cuiaF patches lad been cleared u Ed
tl.e night before. Til. was danc by
breaking ihe sd ii narrow lne en-