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Their color changes go on constantly & are very beautiful.  Their method of fighting is to bite at the head of their rival in swift rushes but they often nibble off fins as well.  When first irritated they swell rapidly to twice their normal bulk & spread out their long dorsal & ventral fins.  The Capt. feed them on mosquito larvae.
[[circled]] 16 [[/circled]]  We passed a quiet calm Sunday which terminated in a beautiful sunset of an unusual sort.  The horizon was fringed by a continuous jagged edge series of clouds near the water line & the setting sun