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ed by government ; so that, for instance, any one who kills an 

 old female wolf, will receive 12+ 60=72 dollars. The con- 

 tributions of the members will be in proportion to the value 

 of their respective live stock; and it is to be hoped, that in 

 consequence of that measure, the province will be kept pretty 

 clear, even under the present unfavourable circumstances. 



As to the Prussian provinces on the left bank of the Rhine, 

 40 wolves were killed, and 256 dollars paid in rewards there, 

 in 1836. In that number were 7 old females, 6 old males, 1 

 young wolf, and 26 cubs. 



I trust I am but expressing what every thinking person 

 must feel on the subject, if I conclude for the present with 

 saying; — Censeo lupum funditus esse delendum. 



(To be continued). 



[Note on the account of the introduction of the reel partridge, (Tetrao 

 rufus), into Silesia, p. 70]. 



After my last remarks were sent to England, I obtained more certain in- 

 formation respecting the results of the proceedings of the joint-stock com- 

 pany, which was formed last year in Silesia, with a view of naturalising the 

 Tetrao rufus, by introducing adult birds from the south of France. The 

 partridges had paired and begun to lay, in the two preserves formed for the 

 purpose, near Domatschin and Laskowitz. In the former eleven eggs were 

 laid ; but in the latter, only three, because the distribution of the newly ar- 

 rived birds was delayed, and those already established did not well agree 

 with the new comers. The fourteen eggs were hatched by two hens of the 

 common fowl; on the twenty -third day of incubation, there appeared twelve 

 healthy chickens, which, up the age of six weeks, were fed with the pupa of 

 ants, greens, or the common food of young pheasants. They had already 

 grown to three fourths the size of the fledged bird, and nothing appeared 

 to stand in the way of their full developement, when the cholera morbus 

 broke out, with great severity, in the neighbourhood of the preserves ; in 

 consequence of which all the young, and three of the old partridges, died, 

 up to September 17th. The cholera, as appears from many reports on the 

 Concomitant phenomena, published in different countries of middle Europe, 

 is particularly injurious to the galline species, though the health of other 

 animals has likewise been found to be more or less affected by it ; and the 

 death of these partridges cannot well be ascribed to any other cause, un- 

 less we are willing to suppose, that the birds did not find, in these preserves, 

 some peculiar insects, or other food, on which their existence may depend, 

 and for which even the most careful attention paid to them in other re- 

 spects, cannot make up. The old red partridges with which the district of 

 Domatschin was stocked last spring, were observed there for about two 

 months, but probably failed in hatching young, on account of heavy rains. 

 They afterwards left that neighbourhood, and it could not be ascertained 

 whither they went. Twelve fresh specimens have already been procured 

 for Domatschin, whereas there are at present six at Laskowitz, and new ar- 

 rivals are expected from Bordeaux next spring; so that the experiment will 

 be renewed in 1838, on a larger scale. 



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