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shower of rain at that place. Many were observed 

 by Mrs. Smith from her window, springing on the 

 grass immediately after the storm. The letter was 

 accompanied with a drawing taken on the spot, 

 which represents a small species of Cyprinus 2 \ 

 inches in length, green above, silvery white be- 

 low, with a broad lateral line, bright red. 



Linn. Soc. vol. xvi. part 3. 



Shower of Muscles. According to the Pitts- 

 burgh (American) Gazette, a fine shower of mus- 

 cles fell within the walls of the jail there, on the 

 9th of August, 1834. 



The French National Institute mentions that 

 they have had repeated information of showers 

 of toads, perhaps frogs. 



Method of obtaining the Skeleton of Small 

 Fishes. Suspend the fish by threads attached to 

 the head and tail, in a horizontal position, in a 

 jar of water from a pond, with a few tadpoles in 

 it, the tadpoles acting in the same manner as the 

 ants, always using the smallest tadpoles. 



Bluet's Phil. Mag. N. S. vol. vii. 



Fish enclosed in Stone on Monte Bolca in the 

 Veronese territory, considerably elevated above 



