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Show a riiMn; rut-. A fish thnt llshcs, actually fishes with n rod, u lino nnd halt, Is u thing few persons hnve ever seen. Thnt there Is such n fish one of the olllcors of the Academy of Nnturnl Sciences declared yesterday. It Is cnlied tho Lophlut-I'lscntorlus, Lophlut-I'lscntorlus, or fishing frog. It Is five feet long, with n huge head. nnd. hlnco It Is too awkward to cnptuni its prey with speed, nnttirc has given to the creature n natural fishing rod. There are, rather, two rods two long, whlp-llko whlp-llko tcntncles, that extend five or six feet from tho fish's nose, nnd tcrmlnntc In n dellcnto filament, llko a line, thnt has on Its end n slriulng morsel of membrane, mem-brane, like n bnlt. Tho fishing frog stirs tip tho mud of the bottom enough to hide Its hend und body, while In the clear water Its two rods, baited, lie. A littlo fish comes up to the shining bnlt to cnt It nnd Instantly the frog lenps out rron tho dark, turbid cavern it has ninde In tho water for Itself, devours the tish, and then begins to angle again. Phlla-delphla Phlla-delphla Itecord. |