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Title: The common objects of the sea shore : including hints for an aquarium
Year: 1860 (1860s)
Authors: Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889 Sowerby, G. B. (George Brettingham), 1812-1884
Subjects: Marine animals Marine plants Aquariums
Publisher: London : Routledge, Warne & Routledge
Contributing Library: University of Pittsburgh Library System
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een in shoals, or schools, as the sailors call them.I should hardly have said so much about so commona creature, were it not for the purpose of pointing outthese remarkable facts in its structure and habits: andeven though it be common, it is not so well known asmight be imagined. Not long ago, as I was on boarda steamer, a worthy old lady began to exhibit symptoms 12 PORPESSE. of nervousness and alarm. I thought she was fearinga storm, and told her that there was not the leastdanger of any commotion of the elements, for the baro-meter had been steadily rising for the last two or threedays. However, it was a different subject that causedher uneasiness. She had heard that there were por-pesses in those parts, and wished to know whether wewere likely to meet one. I told her that we probablyshould meet, several, but not so many as if a gale wereimpending. At this reply her fright evidently increased,and she asked, in much trepidation, whether, if we didmeet one, it would upset the ship !
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