G. GENERAL NATURAL HISTORY AND ZOOLOGY. 255 



hold a single bird and the gravy, and the experiment was so 

 successful that it is thought probable it will be continued on 

 a large scale in the coming season. The names of about sev- 

 enty firms are mentioned as the larger dealers in game, while 

 those of the smaller ones are not enumerated. The following 

 recapitulation of the principal varieties of game, and the ag- 

 gregate number, weight, and average cost, and the sum total 

 of the proceeds, will be scanned with interest by our readers : 



Articles. 



Number. 



Average 

 Cost. 



Amount. 



Buffalo, lbs 



Antelope, lbs... 



Venison, lbs 



Bear, lbs 



Grouse, doz 



Quail, doz 



Ducks, doz 



Geese 



Brant.. 



Partridges, doz. 



Snipe, doz 



Woodcock, doz. 

 Pigeons, doz . . . 



Turkeys 



Rabbits, doz... . 

 Squirrels, doz. . 



Total... 



160,000 



94,300 



109,350 



7,700 



42,800 



88,595 



63,840 



4,650 



1,990 



104 



1,120 



100 



33,333 



1,532 



15,362 



300 



fr 07 

 10 

 10 

 08 



3 50 



2 

 3 



4 

 2 

 2 

 1 

 2 

 1 



00 

 00 

 80 

 40 

 00 

 00 

 00 

 25 

 00 

 00 

 60 



S 11,200 



9,430 



10,935 



616 



149,800 



117,190 



191,520 



3,720 



793 



416 



2,240 



200 



41,666 



3,064 



13,360 



180 



$556,330 



Chicago Times. 



WHALES EAST OF EUROPEAN NORTH CAPE. 



However rare whales are becoming in the seas north of 

 America and Eastern Asia, they are said to be extremely 

 abundant at the present time to the east of the North Cape 

 of Europe, ten or more having been found stranded on the 

 shores in a single season. All the beaches in that region are 

 said to be strewn with bones or partially decomposed car- 

 casses, which can be scented at a great distance. The spe- 

 cies of whale is not well ascertained, but it is said to attain 

 sometimes the length of 110 feet, 17 C, 1871, 36. 



IMMUNITY OF THE PIG FROM INJURY BY SERPENT BITES. 



The impression is generally prevalent in the United States 

 that the common domestic pig is an especial enemy of all 

 kinds of serpents, and that it is capable of receiving the bite 

 of the rattlesnake and copperhead without the slightest per- 



