The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-02

stranger went out on the board they
would not come near him, but would
swim around at distance, as though they
were afraid.
The cavalle IS among the most prom
inent and abundant fish IN the river The
cavale generally goes in schools or a
squadron, from which IL gets its name,
1 frequently saw one caValle around my
place that displayed almost human intel
.ligence. IL always came alone, and L knew
II simply from its curious maneuvers.
The cavalle, as you know, feeds upon
other FISH, and preys upon the minnows
that are generally found In the shallow
waters. This caValle would come in from
the deep water of the river, and would
swim up to small school OF mullet. II
the mullet We're on the bottom of the
river, the cavalle would succeed in get
ting them up nearer the surface. Then
II would set itself into the middle of the
school, and would gradually work the
mullet toward some of the minnOws As
the mullet never harms the minnOws, the
cavalle could in this way get up very close
to the minnows without being seen. Sud
denly the caValle would dart through the
school of mullet and grab one of the min
uows, and would then swim off rapidly
pursued is a mystery to me, as me caValle
Is a very swift fish, and can easily catch
the minnows without having recourse to
any such strategies as this. Another Pc
culiar thing about the caValle is that after
ctachng a mlnnOw IL always darts away
to the deep water, and then Games back
meal. 1t of course swallows the minnow
when ii Is caught, unless II Is a very large
one, SO there is no necessity for going
away to eat it.
Il knew another cavalle from the fact
that IT was generally with a sergeant fish.
The sergeant fish generally moves very
slowly and majestically, unles It is fright
ened, while the cavaile Is a very swift
fish. This cavalle always followed behind
the sergeant fish, however, just as
naturally as a tender does behind an en-
OH IA / egH he IIfs
orally so in schools or squadrOns, and they
move as swiftly and gracefully as a body
of the best drilled soldiers. A person sell
dom has a chance to observe them go
through their drills in the water, and il
Is very pretty sight. Their color Is sill
Yer and gold
The eel is ordinarily a very shy crea-
ture ana 1 DO not remember ever having
seen more than two or three in the Indian
river. | had an oyster bed forty or fifty
yards from my house, and when / went
out there one day for the purpose of get
ting a basket of oysters. To my sur
prise an eel came swimming up to me-
and all the time that l was getting the
oysters IL swammed round my legs and
rubbed against them much as a kitten
would / waded back to my house and
the eel followed me. / found that i did
not have enough oysters and SO / went
back again. The eel was sim there, and
followed me across and back again Now,
/ had never seen the eel before, and the
only way that / can account for Its pecu
liar actions Is that II was the companion
Of either a large fish. turtle or perhaps
a manatee, and that 1t had become sepa-
rated from it, and seeing me in the wa
ter, thought ] was the object for which
1t was searching.
Il have often had much amusement
watching the antics of the needle fish
This fish, when at play, Will jump over
sticks, straws or other small objects In
the water, and have frequently had them
TO jump over the float Of my fishing line
They did this apparently just TO amuse
themselves"