A Candle Fish.
There would be little work for inventors if one knew all that Nature has provided, for our use. On the shores of Alaska and British Colombia the seal fishers have recently discovered a new member of the finny tribe, which they have named the' candle fish.' It is of the smelt family, and is so extrrnely fat that on being held up to the light it is almost transparent, the backbone being quite visible. When the Alaskan wants a light he takes one of these fish, dried, sticks it into a crack in the rough wooden table, and lights it nose. The fish burns with a three candle power, Mid a large one will give light for three hourt, the fat acting as wax an 3 the spine as a wick.
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Manawatu Herald, 8 January 1898, Page 3
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134A Candle Fish. Manawatu Herald, 8 January 1898, Page 3
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