206 



duriug" wMcli tlie badger may be killed, owing to the services it ren- 

 ders the farmer in destroying grubs, insects, &c. The fox may be shot 

 at any time. Great care is taken to prevent the extinction of the elk, 

 which can only be shot b^^ special license. 



In 1867 an authority (Herr von Hagen) estimated the quantity of 

 game annually killed in Prussia, and the value thereof, as follows: 



Species of game. 



Eed deer 



Fallow deer 



Roe deer 



AVild boars 



Elks 



Hares 



Partridges 



Plieasauts 



Black game 



Hazel game, (" Hazolwild") ... 



Snipes 



Wild ducks - 



Eabbits 



Fieldfares, sliock of thi-ee score 



514, 560 

 127, iOO 



255, 100 



141, 480 



13, 700 



5, 486, 580 



983, 351 



4,746 



2, 680 



744 



6,566 



24,681 



16, 616 



72, 360 



At2.l- 

 2i 

 4 

 3 



li 

 3 

 5 

 10 



10 



10 



3 



1 



2 



Total number of pounds, 7,750,464, of the value of 840,752 tlialers. 

 To the money value are to be added — 



Thalers. 



11,524 foxeo, at 1 thaler the skin 11,524 



643 badgei's, at 2 thalers the skin i 1, 286 



Hides and skins of red deer, at li; thalers the skin 5, 717 



Hides and skins of fallow deer, at f thaler the skin 1, 697 



Hides and skins of roe deer, at \ thaler the skin 2, 841 



Hides and skins of elks, at 3 thalers the skin ' 162 



Hides and skins of wild boars, at ^ thaler the skin 1, 179 



Hare and rabbit skins, at 3 groschen the skin 110, 562 



Total value 975, 720 



(Equal to $712,275.) :== 



Since 1867 various provinces have been annexed to Prussia, statistics 

 of the ganje product of w^hich, if procurable, would largely add to the 

 above totals. 



SCIENTIFIC NOTES. 



Eemoval of gypsum from AVATEii. — An easy method of removing 

 gypsum from water consists in the application of the native carbonate 

 of bar>ta, ground to a fine powder, in the proportion of about half a 

 pound to a large pailful. After the addition of this substance the 

 water is well stirred, and left at rest for twenty-four hours to deposit the 

 sediment, Tifter which it is to be poured off, and may be used. 



Cause of the rusting of iron. — It has usually been supposed that 

 the rusting of iron depends principally ujion moisture and oxygeu. It 



