Show MAKEUP OF THE SKATE ae described he must be a Pe culla denizen of the deep A breezy writer an natural history says of the skate he Is a bottom fish and flat like a flounder he has a triangular body the apex ot which forms the snout opposite the snout are his tall and a few extra pieces 0 bis overcoat which kind nature baa tagged on to him in case he gets con and has to be mended hia tall embellished with a few spines this I 1 know for a tact he has a couple of eyes a little way back of bis snout and right back of these are a couple of holes that extend completely through him these holes connect with his lungs or whatever he uses to breathe with and have an able way of looking at you at the same time as bis eyes he has a mouth too but it Is on the underside of him and convenient tor business it Is i tunny thing with on the lips and when you pull the lower jaw th upper jaw moves with it a sort ot kuto matio trap |