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suffered the creature to writhe about in that con- 

 dition for hours; the other has pained the animal 

 no more than one of us would be pained by tyiui^ 

 strings round his fingers, and keeping him in the 

 position of a hydropathic patient. The lirst of- 

 fender says " I did it because I find fishing very 

 amusing,'' and the magistrate bids him depart in 

 peace; nay, probably wishes him good sport. The 

 second pleads, " I wanted to impress a scientific 

 tnitli. witli a distinctness attainabk^ in no other 

 wav, on the minds of mv scholars," and the mag- 

 istrate fines him five pounds. 



I cannot but think that this is an anomalous 

 and not wholly creditable state of things. 



