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Show BORN IN THE SKY. Why FUhes and Froir Come Down In Shower. A writer in Nature's Kealmsays that, little fishes may bo hatched in the clouds. What he says about it is so interesting that his whole letter is herewith given: ' 'I observe a reference mado in tho American Angler touching upon showers show-ers of fishes, iu which it states that science has not yet fully explained the phenomena. This is perhaps slightly incorrect. Several causes have been suggested. Might it not very probably proba-bly be that fish and -frogs- which fall apparently from the skies aro really bred there? "Water fowl, it is known, very frequently fre-quently carry eggs of tish to great distances, dis-tances, having swallowed them, and in their flight dLsgorging the same unharmed un-harmed where they can and do fructify and mature in water over which these bird pass. The eggs of many old lish are very glutinous, and readily adhere to substances brought in contact with them, during particular times of incubation. incu-bation. Is it not very probable that not only do these birds convey ova upon up-on their wings as well as in their crops, and when flying at groat heights the eva, becoming dotached from the wings, may remain suspended in the moist atmosphere, at-mosphere, which is quite possible un der certain conditions of atmospherical pressure, and that when under development devel-opment they become too heavy and naturally fall to the earth, as frequently witnessed?" |