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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 451

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SOME ODDITIES OF THE FISH WORLD For many years it has been known that certainfish make sounds known as drumming, and thatothers make noises that are somewhat musicaland not unlike the croaking of a big bullfrog.Though the cause of these sounds could havebeen easily investigated, as such fish are… … THE CLIMBING FISH.Travels on land and even climbs trees. were produced. In 1880, Gunther, a careful stu-dent, wrote as follows: These drumming sounds are frequently noticed bypersons in vessels lying at anchor on the coasts of the United States. It is still a matter of uncertainty by whatmeans the…

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