Show QUEER p an eat indian specie that booi gooi about on dry lanct during my military career said col G L courtney Fourt ney an ex officer of the british army according to the st louis globe democrat t frequently visited the east indies and many a curious animal have I 1 seen of all these strange animals I 1 thinly the most peculiar I 1 ever came across was a fish which belonged to the perch species and which is quite common in that locality these fish are in the habit of leaving the water for houn at a time they wander about through the grass and can live for a week in the open air jugglers make use of them in the performance of some of their curious exhibitions which appeared to be beyond the chopo of a reasonable explanation till science demonstrated that these fishes have a provision in their structure for carrying water enough to meet the demands cj the circulation cu several days in succession while out of the water while wan dering about on land they subsist on the insects and worms which happen to fall within their reach |