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The animal was said to have been worth GOO guineas. — Taunton Courier, 

 April 18, 1838. 



Extraordinary Lamb. — On the farm occupied by Mr. Read, of Okers, may be 

 seen a lamb with six legs. The additional fore-leg is quite separate from the 

 other and perfect in its shape, having a distinct blade-bone, and the same length 

 as the others. What renders this lusus Naturce the more extraordinary is, that 

 it continues quite healthy, and is as strong as those unencumbered with such 

 superfluities. — Preston Chronicle, April 14, 1838. 



Further News of the Bonite. — M. de Blainville has received further news 

 of the Bonite, in a letter addressed to him from the Isle de Bourbon, by M 

 Cydoux, and dated July, 1837. From the statements made by this naturalist, 

 it would appear that, notwithstanding the shortness of the various sojourns of 

 the Bonite, an ample harvest in Natural History has been gathered. Several of 

 the animals are living, and intended for the menagerie of the Jardin des Plantes. 

 More than 1,000 birds have been collected, many new reptiles, 200 species of 

 fishes, most of which were found near the Sandwich Islands and in the Chinese 

 seas. But the number of Mollusca exceeds all the rest. The causes of the 

 phosphorescence of the sea have been carefully investigated, and constant ex- 

 periments made on the temperature of the human body under divers circum- 

 stances. — Athenaeum, March 17, 1838. 



Flight of Locusts. — A correspondent of the Calcutta Courier, in a letter dated 

 Benares, Nov. 28, says : — " A remarkable flight of Locusts passed over this dis- 

 trict a few days ago, and left behind them a scene of desolation pitiful to behold : 

 the oldest inhabitants declare they never before witnessed such a flight of devouring 

 things, and from the bottom of their hearts hope they never will again. The 

 flight appeared to come from the east, and in the distance resembled a column of 

 smoke ; but, from such information as I can gather, it does not appear that the 

 column, in its approach to this devoted district, committed any great devasta- 

 tion ; but when the whole flight had fairly settled down upon the country, then 

 commenced the work of destruction ; and you will be astonished, Sir, when 1 

 tell you, that they ate up not only vegetables, but every living thing — Sheep, 

 Fowls, kids — nothing escaped. A mournful silence prevails over the land, and 

 is only broken by the discordant screech of a wild Parrot, or the dismal croak of 

 a Raven contemplating the desolation around." — Asiatic Journal. 



Invertebrata of the Coast of Norway. — A residence of several years at 

 Bergen, in Norway, has enabled M. Saars to obtain some new results concerning 

 invertebrate animals. Among the Mollusca, M. Saars has found that several of 

 the Nudibranchice, which are remarkable for having no shell, possess one while in 

 an embryo state, and even some time afterbirth ; it is external, like the Nautilus 

 in shape, thin, horny, and transparent. The genera, he has observed, are Eolidio, 



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