^0. 7.] OBITUARY. 431 



Oysters in Great Salt Lake. — The cultivation of Oysters 

 luis been attempted by the United Stcites Commission of Fisher- 

 ies in the Great Salt Lake of Utah, where numbers of these bi- 

 valves from California have been placed with a view of testing 

 the possibility of their thriving there. Some beds were choked 

 by mud brought down some small mill streams, but in other 

 parts the oysters promise to succeed. Shad have also been placed 

 in the lake and have been seen in good hciilth, and a lot of sal7 

 mon fry from the Sacramento, artificially hatched out, have been 

 placed in the Jordan and other rivers running into the Great 

 Salt Lake. So far in the fresh waters they have done well, and 

 at ten months old were from four to six inches long. It remains 

 to be seen whether ihey will thrive as well in the salt waters of 

 the lake as in the sea itself. The experiment is a most inter- 

 esting one, and opens up some curious questions io the natural 

 history of the salmon and the other fish under experiment. — 

 Ibid. 



Beavers Abroad. — According to Nature, the Marquis of 

 Bute has recently purchased eight Canadian Beavers, seven of 

 which have arrived safely in the Island of Bute, and have been 

 placed in the enclosure constructed for the four which died some 

 time ago on Drumreoch Moor. They are to be supplied with 

 food for some time to come, until they have learned to provide 

 for themselves in their new home. 



OBITUAllY NOTICE. ^« 



the late MR. BRYCE M. WRIGHT. 



'' We regret to have to announce the death of this Cumber- 

 land gentlem:m, which took place a short time ago at his private 

 residence in Great Russell St. Bloomsbury, London. Mr.Bryce 

 Wright was well known in the scientific world, havino; devoted 

 the whole of his life to the studies of Mineralogy and Geology, 

 more particularly as applied to his native home, the Lake district. 

 His first geological discovery was that of a curious bivalve crust- 

 acean, which, although very common in the Skiddaw slates, had 

 not been detected by other geologists. It is remarkable for being 

 the lowest form of crustacean known, and was named by Professor 

 Salter in honour of its discoverer, Caryocaris Wrightii. Scores 

 of fossils, through the indefatigable perseverance of this gentle- 



