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MY GARDEN. 



a glass aquarium. Dr. J. E. Gray from whom every English student 

 of Zoological Science has during a period of more than half a century 

 obtained so much kind information and assistance whenever it was 

 needed, and who has thus enhanced the value of our national collection 

 at the British Museum tells me that on the hills above us he has himself 

 found five other species of shells, namely H. pulchella, H. fasciolata, H. 

 virgata, H. ericctonwz, and H. umbilicata. 



MY FISHERY. 

 " Our plenteous streams a various race supply." POPE. 



We have but few species of fish in the Wandle as it passes through 

 my garden, nevertheless the Trout and Eel make up in quality what 

 is wanting in variety. The Wandle has always been celebrated for its 

 fine Trout (Salino fario, fig. 1097), and there are so many in the river 

 that probably it can be favourably compared with any trout stream in 

 Europe., as the quantity of fish it contains is only limited by the food 



FIG. 1097. 'i rout. 



which it can afford them. The French Commissioners, when on a visit 

 to this country, were astonished at the number of fish which they saw, 

 and said it would be impossible in France to have a river so stocked, 

 as their countrymen would never rest till they had caught them. I am 

 afraid that Sir H. Davy magnified his piscatorial adventures in the 

 Saltzkammergut, as I certainly could not see so many fish there, 

 for an equal amount of water, as we possess. 



Formerly we always considered that we had two varieties of trout 

 in the Wandle, one shorter, with white flesh, which is in season in 

 May and June; a second longer, with large head but with red flesh, 

 which comes into season in July and August. 



