Dog-fish

A small shark of many kinds. The European spotted dogfish is abundant the American dogfish is sometimes called the blue dogfish the common dogfish, both in America and Europe, is horned. in the Canis Major or Greater Dog constellation. The conjunction of the rising of the dogstar with the rising of the sun was thought by the ancients to be the cause of the great heat of summer and the consequent sickne , and the period of weeks from the middle of July was hence named dog-days. but very ornamental tree, bearing flowers sur¬ rounded with large white bracts, and scarlet ber¬ ries in winter. The bark is a useful febrifuge. The European dogwood is a shrub whose foliage becomes deep-red in autumn. Its wood is very hard, and is used lor skewers, cogs for wheels, etc., and also makes the best charcoal for gun¬ powder. different countries. In the United States the silver dollar weighs 412]^ grains. The name is an ab¬ breviation of Joachim’s thaler, first coined 1518 in St. Joachim’s Valley, Bohemia. true whale, and common in all seas. It is more elegant than the porpoise, and is distinguished by its long snout. Dolphins follow ve els companies, leaping out of the water and tumb¬ ling about. They chase flying-fish relentle ly, and prey on small fish, and often follow them into shallow waters or up rivers. In color the dolphin is black above and white below, but it said to change its color when dying. Its head peculiarly shaped—round above and long like beak. canons of a cathedral a mask. Also a small piece of wood, bone, or ivory marked by from one to six dots, or blank, for playing the game of dominoes. The game is played by matching the dots. winter. It lays up a winter store of nuts, and does not bury them, but prefers to hide them the tree, which serves for a home. It weaves nest of gra blades, like that of the harvest mouse.