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To make Fish Luminous. Take a piece of 

 herring, of three drams, put it into eight ounces 

 of oxigen gas. Mackerel also has the same effect 

 in making fish luminous. Nicholsons Journal. 



Fishes destroyed by Mephitic Vapour. In the 

 neighbourhood of Vesuvius, several hundred weight 

 of fish having been observed at Resina, in great 

 agitation on the surface of the sea, near some 

 rocks of an ancient lava that had run into the 

 sea, some fishermen surrounded and took them, 

 and found them stunned by the mephitic vapour. 

 Gallery of Nature and Art, vol. i. 



Fine Paintings of Fish. In Fishmongers' 

 Hall there are eight capital paintings, represent- 

 ing one hundred fishes, such as are offered for 

 sale at the London markets ; also the time in 

 which they are in season. 



Piscatorial Celebration. In looking over a 

 New York paper, I found the piscatorial celebra- 

 tion mentioned of the Cincinnati Angling Club, 

 with their president, vice-president, secretary, and 

 twenty-five members. About twelve or fifteen 

 met the day before, and angled for a day and a 

 half with capital success, having caught within 

 that time three hundred and fifty-three bass and 

 salmon, some very large. They spent a very 

 pleasant day, and amongst their toasts they gave 



