Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 72
, until you really fear itmay burst. Leave the creature undisturbed, andin a short time it will allow the air to escape, andshrink into almost nothing but a bony skeletoncovered with skin. The porcupine-fish, which belongs to the* samefamily, as I have already said, inhabits the warmwaters about… … THE PORCUPINE-FISH. do remind one who looks at it, and much more onewho touches it, of the bristling quills of the porcu-pine. It is not a large fish, being less than a footin length, and generally as broad (or round) as itis long. Its scientific name is Diodon hysirix, thesecond word being, as you…
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