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fishes, haddock, &c. are annually brought here and sold trom 

 the Atlantic cities. 



If we cannot now get a full supply, from our rivers, jwnds 

 and lakes, what will be our need in twenty five years hence, 

 when our population, in Ohio alone, will exceed, four millions 

 of people? Since our canal is opened between the Ohio river 

 and lake Erie, the fishes of the lake are making their way to- 

 wards the Ohio, while those of the river are traveling towards 

 the lake in the canal. 



REPTILES, 



Have been, or rather ought have been divided by Naturalists 

 into four oedees [viz.] 1. Chelonian, 2. Saurian, 3. Ophidian 

 4. Batracian. In common language, these animals are, 1. tor- 

 toises and turtles, 2. lizards and crocodiles, 3. serpents, and 

 4. frogs and salamanders. 



These orders are divided into several genera and these are 

 again subdivided into several species. The batracians are 

 divided into nine genera (to wit:) Bufo, Pipa, Hyla, Rana, Sal- 

 amandra, Menopoma, Amphiuma, Siren and Proteus. All the 

 orders and most of the genera, and their species live in this 

 state. We are satisfied that they are imperfectly described 

 by authors, at best, and not a few species are not even known 

 to them. To any one who wishes to examine and describe 

 them, Cincinnati should be visited by him, where he can see 

 them, in Dorfeuille's Museum. Of batracians we have several 

 new species, if not genera. We speak understandingly on 

 this subject, when we say that they are imperfectly described at 

 best. European Naturalists have shown much ignorance of our 

 animals, and the authors of our Atlantic states are about equal- 

 ly ignorant. In a volume like this, intended for common read- 

 ers, we have neither the space for a full view of this subject, nor 

 the inclination to indulge our own taste in pursuing it, into 

 details. We have divided our reptiles as we know that they 

 should be divided and leave it to the young men of Ohio to ex- 

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