198 Scientific Intelligence.— Zoology. 



30. Foot race on Clapham Common. — The runner, a York- 

 shire man ; the distance 10 miles ; a mile was measured off ; there 

 were nine turns, for which 27 seconds were allowed ; and added 

 to an hour. 



Min. Sec. Min. Sec. 



1st Two Miles run in 11 33 4th Two Miles run in 11 37 



2d Ditto, 11 32 5th Ditto, 11 40 



3d Ditto, 11 36 



Total 57 58 

 Winning by 2 29 



60 27 



31. Insects. — In the same manner that the cochineal insect is 

 cultivated in America and elsewhere, the English have set ago- 

 ing a cultivation of the gall insect, which produces the lac resin 

 in India. There is another gall insect in China, the Pe-la^ 

 which also procures a fine wax, of which candles are made. — 

 Journal de Pharmacie, Mar. 1826. 



32. Mildexv in Barley. — This affection, which is attributed by 

 M. DecandoUe to a fungus, and is considered by many others 

 as a malady resulting from humidity, is regarded by Mr Mar- 

 tin Field as the consequence of the puncture of an insect of the 

 genus Musca, when the seed is yet in a pulpy state. This in- 

 sect does not deposit eggs in the pulp, nor are larvae in fact 

 found there. It is the irritating fluid poured into the puncture 

 that causes the appearance of this blackish excrescence, and 

 communicates noxious qualities to it. — Ibid. 



33. Taming Rattle- snakes. — Mr Neale, it is said, has succeed- 

 ed in America in taming rattle-snakes, by means of music, so as 

 to prevent them from doing any harm. This author asserts, 

 that they really possess the power of enchanting animals, or of 

 rendering them motionless through terror : for he says he has 

 seen an example even in his garden. The effluvia of these rep- 

 tiles has nothing nauseous in it. 



34. Geckoes used for catching Flies. — In Java, the inhabitants 

 rid themselves of flies in their apartments by means of geckoes^ 

 a species of lizard, named from their cry toke and gogoky which 

 continually pursue these insects for the purpose of feeding upon 

 them. 



35. Heart of the Frog used for Poison. — The Javanese, it is 

 said, also employ the heait of the frog named Kadok-kesse, for 



