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attestations of the fact were obtained from nine 

 different parties. The fish were all dead ; some 

 fresh, others not. They were seen in the sky 

 like a flock of birds, descending rapidly to the 

 ground. Again, he says that, on the 16th and 

 17th May, 1833, a fall of fish occurred near 

 Futtehpoor, after a violent storm of rain. The 

 fish were from l^lb. to 3lbs. in weight, and all 

 dead. Some fish fell at Meerut, while Her 

 Majesty's 14th Regiment were out at drill, and 

 were caught in numbers. At another time, 

 during rain, a quantity of live fish, about 3 in. 

 in length, fell about 20 miles from Calcutta; 

 they were all of the same kind. Many other 

 instances might be mentioned : one vouched for 

 by the late Governor of Ceylon, Sir Emerson 

 Tennent, who, while riding out after a heavy 

 rain, observed many small fish alive on the 

 road. After these facts, I should mention that, 

 if showers of fish are to be explained, it must 

 be on the assumption that they are carried up 

 by squalls or violent winds from rivers or spaces 

 of water not far away from where they fall. 

 An instance also occurs to me, in this country, 

 which was seen by a friend of mine. He had 

 a garden surrounded by a high wall, with a 



