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simple multiplication, so that the calyx, instead of holding in its 

 cup one fruit, has three distinct ovaries which are developing into 

 fruits. 



Curiously enough, Sir J. D. Hooker says that the Solarium 

 Melongena, when it escapes from cultivation, often becomes intensely 

 prickly, and the fruits on the single flower stalk may vary from 

 one to five ! This looks as if a multiplication of fruits was, in the 

 case of the Brinjal, a result of degeneration. 



India, with its exuberance of vegetation, is probably teeming 



with instances of teratology. Some of the readers of the N. H. S. 



Magazine might send specimens, or descriptions of specimens, which 



may occur in their own experience. The double cocoanut is known 



to occur, and whether there is simply an increase or a diminution of 



the ordinary structures of the plant, or a change into some other 



structure, we are assured that many instances of teratology might 



be sent to our Honorary Secretary during the next few months, 



which would show how common are the various instances of 



teratology which are to be found in this country. 



D. M. 



SPORTING RAMBLES ROUND ABOUT SIMLA. 



By J. C. Anderson. 



(Bead at the Society's Meeting on 16th January 1889.) 



I will suppose that you have a short holiday in October or 

 November and find yourself at Simla. The first want you will 

 feel — at least I always did — was to get out of it without unnecessary 

 delay : those distant snows and forests are too alluring. Some 

 preparations must, however, first be made. In the first place, you 

 must have dogs. Any dog with a nose will do, and it is strange 

 how many dogs have noses, though few of them know it. A fox- 

 terrier, or bull-terrier, trained to use his nose and thoroughly well 

 in hand, is as good for this work as a spaniel or setter, — better I think 

 in many respects, — as he is lighter and not so easily fatigued on those 

 steep rocky hillsides; on the other hand, it must be admitted, he has 

 usually a way of helping himself to pheasant that has to be guarded 

 against. The best dog out of a regular pack of all sorts that it fell 

 to my lot to see was a tiny, mean-looking, yellow fai — the most 

 veritable cur you ever set eyes upon — and yet with a nose that was 



