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PARASITIC WORM IN FISH,
As7ccie of parasitic worm Inns bcon lately
discovered inhabitmg tlIs body Of fish. Tia Oh
scrver-tlr. Wilson, Of birmingham contrib.
utes drawings aud description of the peat to
Hardririt's SCIENCE Gossip. 1t WAS found
specimen OF tue Wrasses or "Goldswin8
(Crcnsts1ris r,lpestris>, which had been kept In
q tank with several companions, and died nppa-
rcut!y Ut exhauetion. A post.mortctn axanns-
ton revealed the presence In the organs and
Euitia OF tho fish of ANAL worm-llke bodies.
which, under tho MICROSCOPIC. we1o recoEnizad
an belonging to tho h'nmatoid class Of para-
B.tic wornH. Dir. Wilson concludes from
lis examination tl!at tho Parasite IL idan-
tical Sth tho Eenqn l'rostteeosacEer, aud thas It
liB duscr.lsuu with tho peItinopt remarks, tha.
"Th;s short description Ut h;cmatoId worm,
inhnbitng, aud no doubt killing, the host, IA Of
son1e 1ttt1p intereA:. Gccauso Of tho vast con-
sumption Of masiue hsl Us food br the public.
who, III r ri;lo, nta not informed Of tho danger
accrufrg t. lhoho who e1. tlloir feh half-cookcd.
Tho eggs. or cven cncryRtod Young, OF Parasitic
wortnn arc thus loft undest, oyeu. Ind oniy wait
lug to bo Introduced Into the alment.ry canal Of
son,e hghly-o,gA ,gAnl::ea animal, ns tnsn, to cou-
petc the!r deve!oQneu~.'
CLIMBING PLANTS.
After The tcnrils at climbing plants have At.
sacheo lhea1te''es - 'app,l' "aaAas1 =,
t"ln|n6 oooat II of Asi'sE u'oa u t!ie Aat1euso
discs ut their e1tremities, they rapidly incraaao
in eize aud strength. The tendriIs Of tie Ylr.
,,,,;n c,coner la,une}ou.is ,u;uoupfoyin, nanu.
.' -, ~, u,.,n .a,,.1 .,not;o.a ,-o,dh,ro
'Ss's oas A'uohH tn"oa nA4o''eAa ~oo0oA1eA
icc. WITH discE, which are at tirns RorEel With
tu, bEt ultimately become woody. The ter.
drills l1o hut a single Reaaon, 70: still
Adhcr" hshiy III aeaa s'etc 10 snh
meot. Darwin aays, In lis recent
work on Climbing Plants, that tbs strength and
durability Of these doad sendrlls arc wonderful:
'IhtIe are tepurais no" snaessn9 s. 20 my aoase,
~ ",tss ~ ~ sso,,hn- -, Ha.a st.te IN
tm,rtc"n cr t;ftnny vears. Ono zinvIe iatetal
bsanchct OF tcndr1l had five disc.bearinB
branches Of e1nal thickness. and apparently or
equal NFengn 30 tlns a,tes nsvng oeen s ,a,nii I'll
| probably hsvo Resisted strain OF ~ pounds
LIEUT.. cAMEc oa's AFRICAN JOURNEY.
Aivicry from Liout. Cameron, datsd Nov
Il, ,".;, s,'r,r -his .,,,ttor.d bca]tl, roaaornu
| ua uu''' "l"t.s' VA 1.A.'o'eu "oe'. '94e
return to EnEland during the winter moatna
| iniudlciouB. hlcauwli!a ho will employ himself
writing up his Journal. lilo has already sent to
suo tsvSa. =, ts har,era n
Iouto , !soh' ~. 1870 1r;sT ,a.,ort ~ h;s tnnrnsr
Tha direction Of his route through ths uue1-
| plorc,i region uaA eouth-soutAwcst fsom Nyan-
gre to tho wasor-Bl'od OF tho Aaaas aud Vuaneo
Mvers, ha tnnhee u.lo W. " sno so 1at
forn'oI ,r Liant cnmnrtn in two yoars aud
att T,n;,ti,a I1o 1aft Tho Eastern Coass. Doar
yan1,h.r ria oil, ~ A. RI, 1H79 rcachod Uiiti
t1,n .i1st ~ f1ehrnnrv 1a7I. ses out fron tbat
noint ~, ia inur,,ar far tic Wcst Coast tho lSth
ri Nav 1H7i: md nYriycd at Loanua In Eovem-
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