Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 87, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 February 1912 — FISH BECAME A LAND LUBBER [ARTICLE]

FISH BECAME A LAND LUBBER

Trained to Life on Shore, This Herring Fell Into the Water and Was DrownedHenrik Dahl of Aalesund was a reader and follower of Darwin. Wishing to apply his theory of the limit of adaptability of a species to its environment Henrik procured a herring from a fjord and carried it home in a tub of sea water. He renewed the water dally, for some tithe and gradually reduced the quantity, with so little inconvenience to the herring that he concluded that the fish might, in time, learn to breathe air' undiluted with water, like the cat and man. It turned out as he expected, and the water was finally emptied out of the tub, never to be replaced Henrik next removed the fish from its tub and placed it on the ground, where It flopped about very awkwardly at first, but soon learned to move freely and rapidly. In a little while the herring was able to follow its master without difficulty, and then It became his constant companion about the Streets of the city. On a certain unfortunate day Henrik had occasion to cross a dilapidated bridge which spanned an arm of the harbor. The herring, coming gracefully along, heedless of danger, now and again springing at flies, for which it had acquired a great fond ness, missed its footing, slipped through a crack Into the water and was drowned.—Boston Transcript.