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were speedily frozen quite hard. He used then to take them 

 home, and placing the perch in water near a fire, in a short time 

 they began to exhibit symptoms of reanimation, — the fins first 

 quivered, the gills opened, the fish gradually turned itself on 

 its belly, moved at first slowly, about the basin, and at last com- 

 pletely revived, and swam briskly about. This experiment my 

 friend Captain Sewell, of the 49th, often tried, and I place im- 

 plicit reliance on his assertion. — Lieut. Alexander. 



List of Patents granted in England from 9.7 th November 1828, 

 to i9th January 1829- 

 1828. 

 Nov. 27. To W. Godfrey Kkeller of Great Pearl Street, Spittalfielda, 

 chemist, for " improvements in evaporating sugar, applicable also 

 to other purposes." 

 29. To Joseph D'Arcy of Leicester Square, Esq. for '* certain im- 

 provements in tlie construction of steam-engines, and the appara- 

 tus connected therewith." 

 To E. D. Philp of Regent Street, chemist, for " an improved dis- 

 tilling and rectifying apparatus." 

 Dec. 4. To R. Stein of Regent Street, for " improvements in distillation." 

 To W. Brunton of Leadenhall Street, for ** an instrument to as- 

 certain and register the quantity of specific gravity and tempera, 

 ture of certain fluids in transit, part of which invention is applica- 

 ble to other purposes." 

 To P. Derbishire of Ely Place, Holborn, for " a certain medicine 

 or embrocation to prevent or alleviate sea-sickness, which may be 

 usefully applied to other maladies." 

 To Z. Riley of Union Street, Southwark, engineer, for " certain 

 improved apparatus to be attached to carriages for safety in travel- 

 ling." 

 To G. Rennoldson of South Shields, for his " improvements in 

 rotatory steam-engines, &c." 

 6. To J. Hague of Cable Street, Wellclose Square, engineer, for " im- 

 provements in the method of expelling the molasses or syrup from 

 sugar." 

 8. To J. Dickson of Chester Street, Grosvenor Square, for " an im- 

 proved projectile." 

 10. To J. Boase of Albany Street,ge ntleman, and T. Smith, mechanic, 

 of Augustus Street, Regent's Park, for " improvements in machi- 

 nery for scraping, sweeping, cleaning, and watering streets and 

 roads." 

 To T. Lawes of the Strand, for his improvement? in the manufac- 

 ture of bobbin-net lace." 



