NATURAL HISTORY. 



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to the monster. The sepoy was 

 wounded in the left shoulder^ but 

 it was hoped that there is no dan- 

 ger of his losing his life. 



The complete success of the day 

 was justly calculated to excite 

 many pleasing reflections ; but 

 after all was concluded, it appear- 

 ed that a countryman, who at- 

 tended at a distance unarmed, and 

 for his own curiosity, was wound- 

 ed in the thigh by a ball. This 

 accident has of course damped the 

 pleasure of the sport, though it is 

 but just to remark, that before the 

 party entered into the garden, en- 

 treaties were used to the curious 

 bystanders to induce them to keep 

 away from the scene of action, and 

 many were sent off by main force, 

 who afterwards returned in de- 

 fiance of every remonstrance. 



The animal last killed was a 

 lion, not quite full grown, but 

 strong and powerful in his make ; 

 the lioness was in the same pro- 

 portion. 



On being brought to the Resi- 

 dency and inspected, these animals 

 were sent to his Highness Futteh 

 Sing at his own request. 



The appearance of tigers in the 

 immediate vicinity of Baroda is 

 not common ; two only having 

 strayed from the ravines of the 

 river Myhie to the enclosures 

 round the town, within the last 

 fifteen years, but lions have never 

 been seen. Indeed the existence 

 of this species in India has been 

 questioned, though since satisfac- 

 torily established. It is conjectured 

 that the lions killed yesterday had 

 wandered out of the deep defiles 

 of the Myhie, about twelve miles 

 from Baroda, in the night, which 

 was unusually dark, and attended 

 throughout in the neighbourhood 



of that river with torrents of rain. 

 It was fortunate that their retreat 

 was immediately discovered, or 

 from the number of people now 

 employed in cultivation around 

 this populous town, some would 

 in all probability have fallen vic- 

 tims to their voracity. 



HISTORY OF THE COCCUS LACCfli, 

 OR LAC INSECT. 



By the late Dr. Kerr, 

 (From the same.) 



The head and trunk of this in- 

 sect form one uniform, oval, com- 

 pressed, red body, of the shape 

 and magnitude of a very small 

 louse, consisting of twelve trans- 

 verse rings ; the back is carinate, 

 the sides are sharp and alate ; the 

 belly is flat ; antennae, two fili- 

 form, truncated, diverging half 

 the length of the body, each send- 

 ing off two, often three delicate 

 diverging hairs, lorger than the 

 antennae ; the mouth and eyes 

 could not be seen with a common 

 watch-maker's magnifier. 



I'he tail is a little white point, 

 sending off two horizontal hairs as 

 long as the body. 



Progression is performed by 

 three pair of limbs, half the length 

 of the animal, forming rectangles 

 at the edge of the trunk ; the 

 transverse rings of the body are 

 capable of a little motion. 



I have often observed the birth 

 of those insects, but could never 

 see any with wings, nor could I 

 find any distinction of sexes, un- 

 less that trivial difference of the 

 antennae. Their connubial rites 

 they also kept a secret from me ; 

 nature and analogy seem to point 

 out a deficiency in ray observa- 



tSons, 



