Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-02-04

small herrings were found scattered over the
fields in the island of Ulva, in Argyleshire,
after heavy rain. On the 30th of June,
l74l, fish measuring ten inches in length,
with others of smaller size, fell at Boston,
England; and during thunderstorm, on
the Sth of July, in the same year, fish and
ice fell together at Derby.
A similar occurrence once happened in
the neighborhood of Paris, where, after a
violent storm over night, the streets were at
dawn covered with fish. 1t was found that
fish pond in the neighborhood had been
blown dry.
About 1880, fish fell near Dunkeld, in
Perthshire; and the thing happened some
way from Logierait, on the Tay, where
numbers of parr, about two inches long,
were picked up on an elevated spot, distant
from any lake or river. The falls of fish re-
corded as having occurred in India, have
been more frequent and remarkable than
those made mention of at home.
Major Herriot, in his struggles through
Life,' speaks of shower of fish as having
been experienced during storm in the Mad
ras presidency by the troops on their march.
In July, 1924, fish fell at Meerut, on the
of his Majesty's 14th, then out at drill, and
were caught in numbers. In July, 1926,
live fish we're seen to fall on the grass, at
Moradabad, during storm. They were of
the common cypriuus, so prevalent in our
Indian waters.
On the 10Th of February, 1880, at noon
a heavy fall of fish occurred at the Nokul-
hatty Factory, in the Dacca zillah; deposi-
tions on the subject were obtained from
nine different parties. The fish were all
dead; most Of them were large; some were
fresh, others rotten and mutilated. They
we're seen at first in the sky, with flock of
birds descending rapidly to the ground
There was rain drizzling at the time, but no
storm.
On the 10th and 18th of May, 1888, a
fall of fish occurred in the zilah of Futteh-
poor, about three miles north of the Jumna,
after violent storm of wind and rain. The
fish were from three pounds to pound and
half in weight-of the same species as
those found in the tanks in the neighborhood.
They were all dead and dry. A fall of fish
occurred at Bilahabad, during a storm in
May, 1885; they were of the chowla
species, aud were found dead and dry after
the storm had passed over the district.
On the 10th of September, 1889, after a
smart shower Of rain, quantityo of live fish,
about three inches in length, and all of the
same kind, fell on the Sunderbunds, about
twenty miles south of Calcutta. On this
occasion it was remarked that the fish did
not fall here and there irregularly over the
ground, but in continuous straight line,
not more than span in breadth. The vast
multitude of fish with which the low
grounds round Bombay are covered, about
week or ten days after the first burst of
the monsoon, appear to be derived from the
adjoining pools or rivulets and not descend
from the sky. They are not, as far as I
know, found in the higher parts of the
island. 1 have never seen them, though I
have watched carefully in casks for collect
ing water from the roofs of buildings, or
heard of the decks or awning of vessels in
the harbor, where they must have appeared
had they descended from the sky.
One of the most remarkable phenomena
of this kind occurred during tremendous
deluge Of rain, in Kattywar, on the Goth,
of July, 1850 when the ground around
Rajikote was found literally covered with
fish some of them were found on the top
of haystacks, where probably they had been
drifted by the storm. In the course Of
twenty-four successive hours, twenty-seven
inches Of rain fell thirty.6ve fell in TWEEN.
ty-six hours seven inches within one hour
and half, being the heaviest fall on record.
At Poonah, on the Sd of August, 1923, af-
ter very heavy fall of rain, multitudes of
fish were caught on the ground in the can
toments, full half mile from the nearest
stream.
If showers Of fish are to be explained on
the assumption that they are carried up by
squalls or violent winds, from rivers or spaces
of water, not far away from the places where
they fall, it would be nothing wonderful
were they seen to descend from the air dur
ing the furious squalls which occasionally
occur in Jnne.-Dr. Butst.