"Young fish" Quotes from Famous Books
... letting in upon them the salt waters of the lagoon on one hand, or those of an inland stream on the other. And by a third canal with four branches, together or separately, they could be partially drained. Thus, the waters could be mixed to suit any gills; and the young fish taken from the sea, passed through a stated process of freshening; so that by the time they graduated, the salt was well out of them, like the brains out of some ... — Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I (of 2) • Herman Melville |