Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 694
eir gills moistfor several days; consequently they are able tolive that long out of their natural clement. The Hindoo fishermen take advantage of thisfaculty, and send the fish—which are plentiful in But this is not the only peculiarity about thesefish. They not only go ashore on occasions,… … the Ganges—as many as a hundred and fifty miles,to the Calcutta market, alive. It is a common practice, too, for the boatmen tolay in a stock of fish for their voyage, packingthem in earthen pots without water, using dailywhat they want for food, and finding them, five orsix days after packing, as…
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