| Show ithe ohp devil aish the large ope citi ot of W this is rate sea no uster f lately captured in ili the harbor of Charles charlestown town 11 has been presa preserved aved and mounted in the museum bof of natural history of the college of that city and citizens now havethe hav athe opportunity of seeing 1 1 this curious denizen of ii waters whose i existence has been deemed fabulous een d down hii to lo our own ahne I 1 I 1 the sen sea devil or devil fish belongs to the cartilaginous lag inous class of fish and to the family of or I 1 i ray faya a a good type s ov or I 1 representative re presen dative of which is I 1 i the stingray sting ra ray commonly called atin stingaree garee by ouri our fishermen along the coaston coa coast of ohp the atlantic states hut but espee especially bally in southern harbors Aur numerous nerous species ofte of he ray are found the alie well known idowu dam cracks chick i er baythe ray the prickly ray the skates and many others I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 the elam clarp brakers a alt etain ain a great size we havo have measured th them em five ave feet acro across as he wings and al I 1 d are credibly informed that hat much larger ones onea have been taken but none of them can be said to ri ri 1 val the ie devil fish either in ili size weight muscular powers or curious form having a 11 body eight or tep telf feet long a tail six feeland feet fee tand nd not a large wage aera whip two inflexible flaps or wings wing aa long na as the body and nita attached thed to each side inrid and Mea measuring surin from tip seventeen or eighteen feet a cross and with which lift lie drives himself furiously through the water or vaults high in the air I 1 a efta j P cious mouth three feet wide with a gap foffi 1 chent to receive two aldermen a brest rest two fins fin s I 1 projecting from each side of the month mouth called horns or arms but properly instruments or afi prep hei iMOn bied is feelers baud and feeders with which it sweeps into its large mouth mouzli tile the small fish I 1 shrimps scrimps and fry jaan which ll it preys freya two fw rao eyes one placed at at the base of each aba 1 or arm and about four feet a part apart skin sh like that of a shark teeth very ivery small not mcra thi than twice the size ilze of 4 the I 1 ape rites upon the cales mouth lined wit aub libeu ten double ro rows Ws of strai nersa rs aeu cu I 1 1 rious bat a fine seive through 11 I 1 w which aich it I 1 infiltrates the water and secures the e smallest animals uw ah iL feeds color dusty black above wath fong dusty opaque neah neach on a white ground the these all combined pre a sent a ain singular goldir fori form bof of animated nature theder the devilish devilfish I 1 i 1 unlike his contemporary tile shark ivisich ivi fich according to the classification of professor Profess ot agassiz is of th same order rd er of fia f fish gAhe the th devil dishis fish is a a very live i el y an lie lea leaps 9 often and high into th the air ani and d with a half 11 I 1 or ora a wings fans back into his element dt wro A at a gre great at noise and 1 splash it is lib no uncommon n 0 1 amusement I 1 if r I 1 kildee i Is i for this to 6 pick crip up I 1 the grahne grapner q hofmo fl iame fishing 1 b boat oat or i e P arntt with his horns bf or arms a pi altes 2 ep rapidly before fore his mo month lutfi he I 1 swims swains an in I 1 lafa the utmost obstinacy whatever body i it it i may ha enclose dart off suddenly an n with great rapidity dra drag g after it tile the boat and its iti U terrified iii crew ancla i fidran erca excursion 74 coflan an hour or two relax his bia hold alad abild escape but lie he goes floes 9 hn t loose himself at his pleasure plea sone jare q nen t ly helle comers entangled in tile the rope and aad in ili his struggles to extract hn itself lum self urns turns some sets twisting the rope into coils and enveloping himself witia within them and thus forfeits his life to his temerity et E I 1 how wp PAT k A well known ow n political 0 litick liti cd economist says w we epa pay V best firof first those who destroy us generals pene gene rals fils s second i those e who cheat us politicians B I 1 s traders and quacks third those who am amuse use 9 ns 4 sing era 44 and d musicians ji 01 ans I 1 and last of all thoo who w fio instruct I 1 us e P A dt i and editors 1 11 |
