, 1880-01-31

however. o,lo Of the yo,!nR. ones, turning ,i1
q store, lit upon n particularly fine md fat
It lis ccrs. io' sez,s' M and popped p'eH ntohs
month, nyilg first pIlcl,etl OF tic sting. lie
Mt once rrOceetfcd to turn tho stolle ovEc
again with great, assiulty, as though In
rtsr sc"rfH for scorpions y.
down the gully In Il sluggish roll came n
great babDOl. who se!zcd the young one by
tiie scrnit OF tlie neck, shakiMg Him vigorous
oa Y @ ts aFnx n Hobed Sesfi s sogea a e hro% se t
6nboon at o!nce regaine.t his Ioll lIige, and nil
went on as before III the slccpy hollow"
IIE1n1SGs.
From statistics Of the Scottish herring-nsl,-
cries, furnished by writer III ChuH5crs'
Journal, we may get parlfnl iden OF tlle
enormous productiveness md abundance Ot
that species OF fish. During recent ycnr ti,e
llcrrlngs taken In Scottish waters and curei
were sufficient to fill 1,oo0, ,0o0 barrels, eAcl,
barrel containing m average Of 100 fish.
This quantity, 1t mist be observed, reprr-
sents cMrcd fish only. and only those which
are caught In Scotland under the snpcrI,l-A
tenlence Of the Fishery Board. It lis pretty
certain Tint as many hcrrings nEe captured
md offered for snle rs fresh fish anl "reils"
as are cured for the markets In Scotlpnd ard
offered for sale rs salt herrings: which gives
liz tile protlIgivus total 0f FOURTEEN hundred
millions withdrawn annually from tue sea;
im.tI," wlnt ar,. mscJ In tHc fnr1n ~ ~ wIitn.
bntt, or those which are sold rs sprata.
After draining the sca to stcfl MI extent, It
might almost be supposed that there woul Id
De scarcely lerrings enough LIFT to suffice for
the shmnIs' III tint mr." rni,s,,rc,i NJ vii "a
aii tl.at arc wasted during Tie capture, aid
destroyed III the process Of curfng, sink into
lilsiellitlcaiiee w!iell compared VIII INC East.
nrss 'ts ~ o H''t's ~ t1 s9, We rs as9Mte' j y ~
kn,,wt, ' ia ,1rcv cxtensiyclv Oh the lirrTlny:
n,ld calclilatior, Iaset On tho number ii.
cod md linz annually caught under tlo
aMsnlceS q ndo ntn 1no ocoltlsh I1MaIa o. F!Sh-
esE assi;ucs tiot Thar" wete is ""c can,,af stnE
0f these It'll In he Scottish iIrths md
sens Of 10, 100000 Individuals; and that each
Individual consumes 40 herrlnrs per annuul,
which ut tlle rAte u two llerIsl,gs every day
FOR seynil months u tlle ye'!r m Sn9ws q cD1l-
sumption Ut D,lootOooOoo Individual heT-
fT T TGr r Sss Go*s"Se2s s "seG we s'p prstcsy at III
COLLECTED Information on the Scottish lItr-
rfng-asllcres assume that In Scotland aloro
tho Ga'!nct u scn-hir'!1 annllal!y draws nn tho
S!loalS y % tio extent ni ,llo,o0,ooo lltrr!ngl!
other sen-hErtls, the herring has many otlierr
enemies; rnrpoises, EealS, eoal'fiSii, Glnl
otner MeaacSaaiS &C., ilsea aro coilSantis I iyllE
mols n, III Spprirw m Y" tnnw n risnls % nvcr. ;H)MO
egga; bit IT the slioallus-tilna lnyrInds Of
those eggs arc tieyo1rstl by n variety 0f ent-
MICS; M:sltles Which huldrets ni a. !!!onsal'ss KS %
fyinr M at 81 III e ua 1usia ts .u mi 10 usris n
tle "''e's'
sroSE-AGE D1sCoyEnrEs.
Ihe AaftIuarV says that gecas sensation
has been excited nr1ong snyanta II. Rnss!aby
~ ,,,,,.lr,, rwnoi,u ~ 1nnu and nnImoIa ia.
~ st tus ~, ,. u .." ,rho r,"' hnnaa h.a's Nv
longing 70 the stone aee IIie bones came
to light last summer during lle excavation
of n new cnnal III connection with the Nuya-
Vnl,,o wntnr,v,v svatam- IN rcn,nvlno n
Iayer s Of bent peat eis,,tcen feet elecp, and com.
posed Of Vegetable soil covering prinleval
forest. the 'lavyles ca'ne across some skulls
cllnrgu of tho works huppened to plss by at
Tho tllile, a1ld being Il innn OF some slight
scientific nttNinu,eIits. he saw The yAlllp IL
lie discovery, aud wrote to Ills frlenI Proi.
Inn0stranstetf, OF the St. Petersburg Uni