New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-08-30

familiarity of children that had been brought up
with these distinguished percentages Our fishing
prospects, a. wen ss our stock of fisb were rapidly
sugmenting- perch, roach, bul[hesds and
sb ners were lying upon the bottom of the boat,
and four fases sinners occupied the seats. Thus
intent on fishing, our Amherst friend laid down
bis pole, gazed anew upon the turtle and frog,
and forthwith commenced lecture upon Ba-
tracbian animals. The turtle Kissed and the bull
frog croaked and gave evidence that they were
unwilling TO be classed among nevis, lizards,
toads and serpents But we bad them in our pow
er and il was in vain for them 20 show signs OF re-
bellion Just at this moment, when our lecturing
friend was in the midst of rhapsody Of eloquence
his hand, in gesticustDg, came in proximity TO the
turtles head and the vicious animal caught one
of bis fingers in bis teeth which not only closed
his speech upon the habits OF Ba.rachlans, but com
PEELED him to scream in agony-the ladies shriekcd
and one almost tainted, but We pred open the tur-
ties mouth with the blade of an oar and extrcated
him from bis perilous situation. We bound up the
finger in linen handkerchief and quiet was soon
restored We complmented the A. B. upon HE
learning TO mitigate bis pain, and resolved TO move
our water craft to distant part of the lake. Hem
we found an unexpected difficulty. The Aukes OF
our anchor had fastened upon some object in the
bottom of the lake and stuck fast We took blight
in our cable and passed oar through il, and en-
deavored to bring il on board 1t still held firmly,
and the ladies volunteered TO help us, aud with
"long pull and strong pull we succeeded in dis
engaging it, AS our cable was drawn in and our
anchor came in sight, we found that it was hooked
into the bones of strange and undescribed animal
We towed the object TO the land and by the aid Of
the >ighbors dragged it upon the beach. A courier
was sent to the Swans of Hedding and TO the
adjacent villages for the lterati TO come forth
" and come hither" Was it the spine Of ante
diluvian bird, IcbtyOsaurus, Mastodon or Kraken
learned ScOtchman of 80 years Of age had heard
of the like "upOon the leland CT Call when lad,
Z" but now he keps leetle ABBOTT it," He fled from
its presence, as perhaps" said he, " it may be
" the bachb of the dell" Visitors came from
all quarters and maryeled. The wise men Of the
East and West gathered to see it. What can it
"bel" Oh that Mantel, Miller and auckland
might have lived to see the monster II is the
opinion of many biologists that 1t lived in the
Silurian period, about the time Of the deposit of
anthracite and bituminous coal measures, long
season aptecedent to the historic record. In this
place we waive further conjectures II is fossil
production and possesses singular characterlstcs.
The body of this creature is IL feet IN length and
inches in diameter maintaining its size from
one end TO the other, infeXible and jointless.
From its opposite sides spines emerge IA inches
long and IL inches apart taperng inches TO
dull point. These monster bones are OF dark
color, coated with an ncrustation of carbonate of
lime, doubtless derived from the waters of the
lake In the immediate vicinity native limerick
abounds The weight of the whole mass is much
less than might be expected, for it falls little
short Of 100 pounds. 1t is now lying upon the
margin of the lake and exciting the curiosity of
many spectators. select party visits this pro-
duction day after tomorrow, and then we will re.
port further
The bitten mans finger is doing well, notwth-
standing DIR. Bsgster said be would have the by
dropbobia Yours, RODERICK WINsHIP.