should, by doing so, offer a precedent in wrong-doing
to a Greater than himself. He who injures another pre-
pares a rod for his own back. You yourself are a fish who
gobbles other gobblers, who overpowers the weak and
who chases the Believer down to the depths. Take care
then that while you follow your prey you do not yourself
meet with a Stronger than yourself, who may chase you
down into a toil of his own. Remember the littler fellow
who is scared about you chasing him-regardless of the
fact that Somebody Else may be chasing you.

E S C A R I U S the scar' gets his name because he alone
is said to ruminate food (esca) and other fish do not. They
say that he is a clever one. For when he is trapped in a
pot he does not dash out to the front, nor does he put his
head into the unsafe withies, but, turning round, he un-
does the gates with frequent blows of his tail, thus going
out backward.      If by any chance another Escarius sees
him struggling, it seizes his tail with its teeth and assists
in the work of breaking out.
 1 A species of Wrasse. They are labrus fish, with thick lips.  Sylvester
calls
them 'Golden-eye'.


E C H E N F I S the Remora is a little creature six inches
long, which gets its name because it holds a ship fast by
clinging to it.2   Oh, the ocean wave may roll and the
stormy winds may blow-but nevertheless the ship is seen
to stand stock still in the sea, as if rooted to the spot, and
is unable to move.     The fish does this, not by a grip,
but by sucking very hard. The Latins call this fish by
 2 Ship-detaining EXEV'I~L'S~. Pliny affirms that Anthony's galley was detained
by a remora at the Battle of Actium.

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