New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-05-30
ODD FISH.
That's what I'll do;
Mickie. IT'S true:
Shut both my eyes,
And fancy it's You "


From u The Round.
Contoin Leigh in his voyage to Guiana reCOunts {:
4" We saw Il white thing floating upon the wafer,
which sunk when the ship came within htty or Sixty
PAGES of It. 10 rcsem6led mans head without
hair Some said they saw great many OF thom,
and observed two black Dyes and mouth upon
them We also saw q strange sort OF fish. about rs
long IN ordinary l"mpreY, ana eqnal,Iy roun ~,
with a large tin or crest above loot high over its
head and stopped in continued series down 10 lts
tail IL swinis upon one side 10 that the hn' To-
gcthcr with the body represents large ls or VII
from one side TO tho Other But whom 1t catches us
nrey the fin is airaight aud appears above tho water
Of an ashy color though the Dody Is AZ "hi'e anu Us
round rs u taiOw-candle."
Perhaps the tallow-candle fish mentioned by
Captain Leigh is II relation OF the one noticed IN
The (OiOHist. December, 1879, as loiIoWs'
In the wators OF British North America as we
are informed, there Is u isl, an Ouu nSIl, as BUR
prlsug III it's way as the sea serpent, anu imI
iiuiiclv moro useful. IL ~ species ot slnelt ana
may be POLITICALLY described as an aquatic glow
worm. Wa arc told il may bo literally used IN me
ramc way as candle by s ,E Ii ane Ss stradv
rs that of the dps which our grahdiatners used
To have to put ND with before gas was invented
IL IL n small siivery fish, averaging about iourteeh
inches long Is excessively fat. and affords an excel
lent and valuable oil. which Is 80 lntalnmaDe thaC
the dried CarcaBB Will sCrvO ms torch. Among the
natives the fish IL known as the 0Olahan, ana Dy
Them by others who have tasted IT. Is considered
one of tho most delicious products OF the sea, Dc-
ing far more delicate IN favor than the herring
The fish are caught in wicker DAsket'' ana are
smoked as much as their oily nature VIII allow
Here are some very odd fish from the Danube:
"1he River Danube has great plenty OF tish
and one sort uncommon, called the hellsOw very
large iish-sUmc of them twenty feeb lOnB-Wmch
are supposed To come out OF tho EuHlne sea- lhey
taste IKE sturgeon, ana nave ro thov ss
instead Of a whip. When they fish Tor them they
blow n horn or q trumpet, the noise OF Whlch
brlnps great shoals about their boats. There Is
G,h called grunde that has Blk Boards, two
shO-t aud four long" , =, o. c.
IL NJ nfH
vvhosc head seems 10 be within its belly. 1t has
round tail seven or eight feet broad, and as many
long, by winch It can overlurn DOat: = o,,o,o,4
Poisonous fishes are Oiton alluded 10 IN hnclenI
works and il is but due to thor authOis 10 say
that their statements have been iullX cohnImeu
by subsequent inquiry INTO results; A1eIe - no
doubt that congcrs, pike and barbel have been
long and still are recognized IN Europe as poison,
Gus at certain seasons, and the roc Oh INC Oaroei
especially 80. =, - .o,.o,,
inn of tins kind are nausea, collie, great neat ana
itching Of the skin. quick pulse, glddlness l0ss OF
VISION cold clammy 9erspraton ana n thc uG
has vet been but little ascertalned IL has Oeen
Inscribed by some TO the feeding OF the hsh on
poisonous molusca, by some TO the disengagennenIC
of sulphuretted hydrogen, and bY others again
to particular specific venom not yet as
covered by chemical analysis. whether the
fish possesses that poisonous goaIy t {, sOo S
that most species belonging to The tribe are equally
noxlOus for z. Osbeck in his Voyage TO emma ana
the East Indies" gives Jh9 toloT s - hSs
fish is one Of the finest ever saw, but so poisonous
that whoever eats Of 1t generally dies IN two hOnrs
time The Chinese who affirmed the TACT, seeing
me take the fish into my hands, earnestly desired
me to wash myself, adding that 1t is forbidden IN;
der some great penalty to be sold among other nsh
Dr. Stuart Eldrdgo states that tn9 sa s I -
donbtless the most common toxic hsh OF Japan
From the Spring onward this fish Is out OF season,
aud If eaton after that period Of the year occasions
such accidents as follow the eating OF tanned
meal In Jonan the like. dangers follow the eating
Of the kateuo lbonto and tic .maguro. Inc Lethri-
nus nambo can DO eaten with impunlsy until u az,
half inehes-after which l" becomes poisonous.
Here then il would appear that the age OF thu fish
has something to do with its injurious Qualities
principally inhabitants OF the torrd zone.
Among these we find maCkerels. perohes. herrings
and sea-plkes