The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-07-30
ODD FISH

is a small fish, abo1t the bigness CT Il
smelt, which hath four eyes, two on
each side, one above another This fish,
from its faculty of seeing double, is pro-
badly caught half-seas over, but in
swimming it is observed to keep the mp
permOst two under. As many fish at /
particular seasons prime-that is, come 4
to the surface and swim half submerged |
may not the reflection or refraction OF /
the water have had its dual effect upon |
the eyes of the intelligent observer
CAPTAIN Leigh. in his voyage to Gula- |
ma. recounts: We saw white thing |
floating upon the water, when sunk
when the ship came within fifty or sixty
,,aces of it It resembled a mans head
without hair. Some said they saw
great nlanv of them, and observed two
black ewes and a mouth upon them. We
also saw q strange sort of fish, about as
long as an ordinary lamprey, and equally
round, with a large fin or crest above
foot high over it's head, and stopped in 2
continued series down TO its tail. 1t
swims upon one side, so that the fin, TO-
gether with the body, represents a Large
fish of triangular form, and it makes its
way by shifting from one side to the
other But when it catches its prey the
fin is straight, aud appears above water
an ashy color, though the body IS as
white and round as tallOw candle.
This is corr liberated by Theyenol.
Sir Thomas Herbert gives an account
of dOlphins, which he says were no big
ger than Il salmon, and that these also
were incredibly swift. lie was on the
coast of ZanquebaT, a large kingdom on
the east side of the Cape of Coed Hope,
There he saw great numbers Of dOlphins,
of which he gives the description: That
they must effect the company of men,
and are nourished like men They are
always constant to their mates, embrace,
20 with Young ten months; are so ten
derly effected to their parents that when
they are 300 years old they feed and de
fend them against hungry fishes, and
when they die carry them ashore ana
bury them.
At Kilgarring, Pembroke, there is a
cataract in the river, called the Salmon
Leap, because they take tkeir tails in
their teeth and spring over the cataract.
This notion still prevails in Norway and
Sweden.
Perhaps the tallow-candIe fish men
toned by Captain Leigh is q relation Of
the ore noticed in the .COIoH5St, Decem-
Der, 1879 as follows:
In the waters Of British \ OTth Amer
lea, as we are informed, there is fish,
rs surprising in its way as the sea ser
pent and Intimately more useful. 1t Is
u species Of smelt, and may be POLITICALLY
described as an aquatic glow worm.
We are told it may be literally used the
same way as a candle, by simply setting
light to the tail, when it will burn
with a flame as steady as that Of the
''dips'' which cur gTaudfatheT5 used to
have to put up with before gas was in
vented. II is a small silvery fish, aver
aging about fourteen inches long, is eX-
cessively fat and affords an excellent
and valuable oil, which Is so inlamma-
BILE that the dried carcass viii serve as
Il torch. Among the natives the fish IS
known as the 0Olahan, and 10y them, as
by many others who have tasted it, it is
considered one of tie most delicious pro-
ducts of the sea. being far more delicate
in flavor than the herring. The fish are
caught in wicker baskets, and are smOk-
ed as much as their oily nature will al
low.
Here are some very odd fish from the
Danube.
The liver Danube has a great plenty
of fish, and one sort uncommon callet
the helisOw, a very large fish, some o
them twenty feet long, which are sup
posed to come OF the Euxiue sea. The
taste like sturgeon, and have a hollow
nervous chord down the back, whicl
when dried they use instead of a whip
When they fish for them they blow
trumpet, the noise of which brings grea
shoals about their boats. There is a isl
called a grundel, that has six boards
two short and four long.
Mr.. Fotherby tells MS that in the Cas-
plan sea there is a defOrmed sort of fisl
called the gluttOn, whose head seems t
seven or eight feet broad, and as man
long, by which it can OverJUm u boat.
Poisonous fishes are often alluded &
in ancient works, and it is but due t.
their authors TO say that their state
ments have been fully confirmed 10y sub
sequent inquiry into results. There ism,
doubt that conGcTs, pike and baTbel II
Europe are poisonous aticertain seasons
and the roe of the barbel especially SO
But it is curious to observe that identi
cally the same fish caught in two differ
ent ATTITUDES shall possess the extremely
opposite qualities Of WholCsOmeuess an,
otherwise
Dr. Stuart Eldridge states that tn,
salmon is doubtless the most common tON
ic fish of Japan. From the spring on
ward this fish is out of season and if eat
en- after that period Of the year occasion:
such accidents as follow he eating C
tainted meat In Japan the like dan
ger follow the eating Of the katcuO lb0
nitOl and the magUrO. The LCthTinu:
nambO can be eaten with impuHity un
til it attaius certain siZe-saya length
Of five to five and a half inches-after
which it becomes poisonous. Here theT
it would appear that the age Of the fist
has something to do with its injUriOu:
qualities. Pa2penheim gives a list o
more than forty poisonous species, prin
cipally inhabitants of the torrid zone
Among these we find mackeTels, perches
herrings, sea pixies, and large number
of species belonging 10 the order or Plec
tCgnathis. The latter order contains
five genera that are poisonous ; the most
common genius in Japan is the teutTaO
SOW, or swiil fish, the species of wEicl
are known by the general name of fugU
so poisonous that their sale are prohib.
tied by law : but there is strong evidence
to show that it is ;he roe of the fish and
not its flesh chat has the fatal effects to
which several medical men attest.-AI
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