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Show Hiking Fish Fish that climb trees are not so rare as fish that go on hiking expeditions. In the latter class, An-abas An-abas Testudineus, a 4-iuch member of the perch genus, stands, or rather walks, supreme. Equipped by nature with a pair of stilt-like pec-torial pec-torial tins, he is able to propel himself him-self over the ground at a fair speed. But for some curious reason he only "hikes" when the earth is soft and moist. In India, the country of his origin, his expeditions from pond to pond take place either after a rain or at dawn whiie the dew remains. Though far from a beauty prize winner, tlie anaNas. handicapped by a blunt nnse anil brassy body, is eagerly sought by pet dealers and collectors ilinoijn out tlie country. Tit-Liu il.i azine. |