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life ; in which state it is to be wrapped in fresh straw, and 

 afterwards in a cloth. 



In this condition the fish may be kept or conveyed to 

 any distance for eight or ten days. When arrived at the 

 place of destination, they must be unpacked and thrown 

 into a cistern of water, where they remain a quarter of 

 an hour, or sometimes and hour, without shewing any 

 signs of life ; but at the end of that time they disgorge 

 Tery abundantly and recover their life and ordinary mo- 

 tions. 



Horse-Chesnuts as Food for Sheep, 

 Horse Chcs- The fruit of the horse-chesnut tree is collected in Saxony 

 nuts for Sheep, (q^ feeding sheep, where it is considered as an wholesome 

 food and a specific remedy against the rot. It is given to 

 them in Autumn when the green food is no longer to be 

 had. The horse chesnuts are cut in pieces and distributed 

 in the quantity of about two pounds and a half for each, 

 and less for the lambs. Sheep as well as cattle at first re- 

 fuse it, but greedily take it when custom has made it fa- 

 niiliar« They eat the prickly outside with satisfaction. 

 There is danger in giving these fruits without cutting 

 them in pieces, as they may stick in the throat and occa* 

 sion the death of the animal. 



Mr. CUTIIBERTSON, No. 54, Poland Street, Phi- 

 losophical Instrument Maker, and Member of the Philo- 

 sophical Societies of IJoHand and Utrecht, has in the Press 

 his Work on Practical Electricity and Galvanism; being 

 a Translation of the most interesting Experiments con- 

 tained in a Treatise published by him during his residence 

 in Holland, with the addition of all such as have since 

 been invented by Himself and* Others ; together with an 

 Appendix, containing the most interesting Experiments 

 on Galvanism. 



