... cur a loss'of only £50,000 of this ?? Yiews. WILD FOsWL.-It is remarkable that a greater numdber of strange wild fovl, some aquatic and some land birds, have visited this neighbourhood than has been I'nown for a great number of years past.: The osprey or ...

... e Batrachian is one that does not go through metamorphosis, like a common frog for instance (which first bursts upon the aquatic world as a tadpole, then acquires limbs, and then drops his tail and gills, as becomes a citizen of the terres- trial as well ...

... pledged at Hymen's altar-one condition of the union being that he, M~r Thistlewood, should abjure his former ac- quaintances of aquatic and convivial clubs. This does not however prevent him forming a platonic attachment for a young lady whom he meets in the ...

... to drink, form- ing the handle. Among the finished ornaments are several vases, where the idea worked ont is that of large aquatic flowers, which reflect great credit upon the artists and mo- deller. Turning from the wonders of art to a clots which embraces ...

... be-present at Asoot races on the- grand 6day,' attended by a.i brilliant retinue. It'is notyet decided whether theroya1-aquatic tour in-the ensuing autumn will be to Gibraltar, Marseilles, or Cadiz- but a foreign excursion is determined on.-TWeekly Chro ...

... thle sides, and extertial gills. Its intatue tnomtit is atnied Neith siiill hokso tehw ic it pl ies vigorously upots the aquatic vega. tables wvliiel thou fotin its food ; auth on the lower lip is a stall tribulatr pi-ocess by means of which it adheres ...

... soever this coejecture may seent to some people, it will not take ICc- with such Its are better acquainted With the nature of aquatic ll . andinals. to Catesby re) thts draws their portraits:- it In Jamaica, atid manly parts of the continent, they are 'cr ...

... I AQUATIC AMUSEMENTS. l ?? - - . _r -1B na ?? Seldom, indeedjav we seen the river Clyde beat, so aol- miatedl and gay an appearance as it did oil Saturday afternoon last. The river was swarmning with pleasure boats of' almost every description, from the ...

... near at the time, struggling het thle wdtttr For freetlom, ats if held fast by some inivisiblet of get whilete rust of thme aquatics demonsatrated l I cl wrong. Anxious to know what it was, the girl rin- 1 ldpaired to a position sufficiently nlear, whnche ...

... Various Forms of the Humbler Tribes of Animated Nature, communicates a large amount of extremely inte- resting information on Aquatic Zoology, preceded by a not less interesting sketch of the Dalyell family. The work, which occupies three 4to. volumes, splendidly ...

... KACE FOR £50. On Saturday afternoon a match in skiffs, which has been creating considerable interest amongst the lovers of aquatics, came offonuthe Clyde, above Hutchesontown Bridge, between 3 John Camrllt and John Geddes. The match originated in, a challenge ...

... fell to his share in ike is onel voation-large fish, drawn into time current, and ark pecim doe the 'Falls,' quite dead; aquatic fowl, erk-hm o erthe surface of the Rapids sit search of his peapcagtby the descending waters; and' logs A oftmeradfrgets ...