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Show DESCRIPTION OF A SKATE. Landlubber Gives One That Is Clear If Not Scientific. The barndoor aknto beggars descrl-tlon. descrl-tlon. I never could tell whether ho was looking at me with his eyes or his breAthe-holes, says a writer In Country Coun-try Life In America. Ho Is n bottom fish and flat like a flounder. Ho ban n triangular body, tho apex of wnlch forms tho snout; opposite his snout arc his tall and n few extra pieces of his overcoat, which kind nature has tagged on him In caso he gets torn and has (o be mended. His tall Is embellished em-bellished with n fow spines this I know for a fact. Ho has a couple of eyes, a little way back of his snout, "and right back of these are a couple of holes that ex-ttend ex-ttend completely through him, Theso holes connect with his lungs, or whatever what-ever ho uscr to brcatho with, and have an uncomfortable way of looking at you at the samo time as his ejes. He liao a mouth, too,1 but It Is on tho under side of him, and convenient for business. It In a funny thing, with pptnes on the lips, and when jou pull the lower Jaw the upper Jaw moves with It n soil of automatic trap, not unlike wluit jou can seo In any Ill-cent restaurant. This Is n landlubber's description, but It Is enough. |