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Otago Daily Times, Issue 18349, 13 September 1921, Page 6

bis eyes if be were to walk through New Smyrna, Florida, and encounter negroes digging live fish from the ground as if they were potatoes. A certain variety of mud fish found in nearly all parts of the State is responsible for tnis state of affairs. This queer member of the finny tribe inhabits streams or ponds which have mud banks or bottoms. It is black, and weighs up io 51b or 6lb. When the water in a pond evaporates, as it does during certain seasons of the year, leaving only a mass of mud, which on the surface is almost dry, -t doesn’t worry the fish. The fish merely burrow into the mud to wait for rain, and apparently continue to live as long as the earth is wet. The negroes locate the fish by exploring the mud with their bare feet. The fish is edible, but is not a favourite because of its stringy and coarse flesh. ... m'li.—.l mtmrntmm W >»!.*■». ■ .r.dHSWi.-