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EECEEATIVE SCIENCE, 



tecame paler, and Jupiter more and more 

 indistinct from its gray colour, tkougli its 

 outline was defined with some sharpness. 

 The planets, as long as visible, neared each 

 other, and, though occasionally concealed by 

 clouds, had risen to a somewhat clearer at- 

 mosphere as they gained their nearest position, 

 represented in the first illustration. Almost 

 immediately afterwards, a larger drift than 

 usual closed the observation by completely 



concealing the planets. But the sight re- 

 mained vividly impressed on the mind's eye, 

 with that peculiar clearness which seems to 

 belong to the remembrance of celestial ob- 

 jects ; and the writer is glad to give that 

 remembrance a tangible form, by transferring 

 a record of it to the pages of Keceeative 

 Science. 



Maky Waed. 



Trimleston Souse, near Dublin. 



NOTES ON THE ELAND. 



The permanent addition to our meadows of 

 an entirely new and distinct species of cattle, 

 furnishing a wholesome meat of a novel kind to 

 our tables, to vary the eternal round of beef, 

 mutton, and pork, is an event of very general 

 interest. Even as regards its influence upon 



the aspects of the landscape scenery of our 

 agricultural homesteads, there is much in- 

 terest in the novel feature, as producing a new 

 series of impressions of beauty, and present- 

 ing fresh objects which will be eventually 

 blended by a rising race of artists with the 

 home associations of older standing; for 



groups of Elands will at no very distan 

 epoch often form ordinary features in the 

 ever-attractive pictures furnished by our rich 

 meadow scenery. 



The addition, however, of a new and very 

 delicious meat, of succulent and wholesome 

 character, to the very restricted list of our 

 larder stores, is of far more material im- 

 portance. It is well known that too much 

 sameness of food is not conducive to health- 

 For instance, it has been found upon exp eri 

 mcnt that troops fed upon the very finest 

 mutton continuously, even when varied by 

 every culinary device to procure variety of 

 flavour, have soon lost their usual health ; 

 which has been restored on recurring to the 

 ordinary alternating series of mutton, beef, 

 and pork. It is certain that if fish food were 

 made to alternate more frequently with our 

 more solid meats, that beneficial effects would 

 result ; for it has been observed by medical 

 practitioners, in Catholic countries, that 

 where on one day in the week fish alone is 

 eaten, those disorders immediately arising 

 from indigestion are far less frequent than 

 with us. In many inland and remotely 

 situated localities it is, however, very incon- 

 venient to procure fish, even in these days 

 of railways, and therefore tlie occurrence of 

 some other means of varying our routine of 



