The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-02-10

EekaIlVely simple May be Sklnt for l
a neel av I don't behave the mon had
ought t'be arristed."
whats othe matter, Dinny? Don't
you understand it?" asked Prof. Cog
gins.
"Av coorse I understand ut" said
Dinny, angrily. ''He's taIkin' about por-
gies an he's kafoozled on his facts"
Probably it will straighten out later
on" said the professor. sI'4e lost nv
place with al those hard words. oil
here We are. Though th organs of
special sense (eye and ear) are yerv
highly developed
THould on" shouted Dinny. .'Rade
that again. Oye an what22
Eye and ear" repeated the reader.
'tJohn, av ever / caught a fish wit ears
on um I'D teclr the Father Matthew
pledge that day, Sure, Herrick has got
barnycles on his brain Av he'd said
thot the nose was very highly divil-
oped, now, I'd know what kind av q fish !
he was. tallin' about"
What kind is that, Dinny?'' asked
Joe, the steward, unsuspectingly.
"The shmelt; he-hesbe,," snicbered
Dinny. "Shkip the rist Of tbot about
the fshes' ears Hell be discfihin III
.coorns on the toes av a clam niyt. Oiswan
wit th' porgies'
s'Menidia is q favorite type for such
study" continued the. reader, mot only
on account Of its central position and
small size, but the tissues seem to react
histologically better than those of some
other fishes.
'"Thot might be true av the small size
vans, 1 dunno,H observed Dinny, ju-
diciously. 81 always trun them small
ones beck before they had chanst t
react hysteriogically or amy other
way"
Moreover the nervous system of the
family Atherinidae has not before been
examined even by gross dissection, and
several points have been brought out
in the topography which are, either new
Or teleosts or shed light on vexed NOR
biological questions, such as tine dis
-eovery of a prehistoric branch of the
facial nerve, ramus opthalmicus pro-
fundus of the trigeminus, and a true
spinal accessory nerve emerging with
the vagus to supply the trapezius mus
Gle"
Count tin, Johnny said Dinny,
family Sim near out. What was thot
about gross diciption?"
sCiross dissection" said Prof. Cog
gins. ''Ill read it again also while you
At the conclusion Of the second read
ing QinnX said he was on his feet and
"I'm onto that felly Herricll, . said he.
u know what. ails um. He's,ate dick
shinary an it made um seasick. What
is thot picture in the book, a map?
Leave me see III"
Taking the pamphlet he studied care
fully a diagram of the cranial nerves
of the fish under discussion. Presently
a look of satisfaction overspread his
puckered features and smoothed out
the wrinkles.
''Now I'm gettin' to tn soobstance av
ut" he exclaimed. "Here's where l git
a hand in, an toss out few aces, John.
Thot's a map av Newtown Creek, an if
Herricl1 thinks there's amy fish there,
bar pollywogs, he'll be catchin' poT-
pusses out av tn city hall fountin' next,
wit Profsser Herricl av SOut' Brook
lyn; he's ahll right wit his little shil-
i laly treatenin' t. break th' bids av his
orchestry av they play out av choon
but whin it comes t drahin maps aN
Newtown Creek an"
Down brakes, Dinny; your poles of
the wire," interrupted Prof. Coggins
"That isn't Newtown Creek"
''Now may turn into toad an nivel
git back to Ould Ireland" said Dinny
"av don't know more av geography
than Herrick does av fishes. Does hi
name that map fer picture av his fish
in tayllle after a reel got troo wit ut,
dunno"
''It isn't map, Dinny, it's diagram
matte view of the sensary component
of the cranial nerves of the Menidia, a
seen from the right side, said hi
friend, reading from the book.
'Lave it go at that, john" returper
Dinny, bitterly. Don't go around th
other side or quit yez. ,n>
''WelI, here's something about tn
, acousticolateral system" said the pre-
fessor, trying the next page.
"Acushla machree; faugh-a-ballagh!
cried Dinny. Hes talin' t. tn Iris
/ llangwidge in his confusion"
:, HE gets out of it again, then. How
!, this? The facial nerve contains vi.
cero-motor, communis, and laterali
fibres. The communis fibers form tn
L whole of the preauditory faseiculu
communis, are provided with a specii
: ganglon-"
= "Shtop there! hOV a bite! Ga1
= glion; ganglion. Thot's wan of thel
hooks thot grows in families. knO
: um. No dacent mon wud use um on
. tommy cod Nevertheless, I'm gettil
= onto his service. Toss me out another
= 'The yentral lateralis root has a SCI
Il arate ganglion" (Dinny nodded), "aI
= supplies organs of the Operculor an
! mendibular canals, via the truncus by
= mendibularis."
- "Wherro!" cried Dinny. "Thot was
# soakerl Is thot a rale worrud or d
u yez bite yer tongue?"
sgT+,s veal - aeasrfed prof COUCir