See quotation.
1816. The most singular fish in this part of the world is called the stone-toter, whose brow is surmounted with several little sharp horns, by the aid of which he totes small flat stones from one part of the brook to another more quiet, in order to make a snug little circular inclosure, for his lady to lie in safely.—J. K. Paulding, ‘Letters from the South,’ ii. 4 (N.Y., 1817). (Italics in the original.)
