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of one of the numerous deep inlets which everywhere indent the out- 

 line of the island. From the summit of the Oo-i-yama, the loftiest 

 mountain, runs a tortuous stream ; now deep, winding and narrow ; 

 now wider, and leaping over great flat stones, forming little water- 

 falls ; and finally spreading out into a shallow, stony watercourse, as 

 it rushes down to meet the waters of the bay. Here are tempting 

 pools with trout for the angler, and stony ledges crowded with Neri- 

 tinse ; while under the loose, flat stones, half-buried in the sandy mud, 

 lurks Eriocheir japonicus. 



Again we meet in Manchuria, and the manner of our meeting is in 

 this wise. We join a " pic-nic" to the Lake. There is Wilford of 

 the " seven-league boots," vasculum on back, intent on plants ; there 

 is Buckley, fishing-rod in hand, eager for salmon ; Sutherland, 

 thoughtful, caring for beetles ; and the Doctor, renewing his youth 

 in the fellowship of that gay band. At length, fatigued with our 

 several exertions, for even pleasure sometimes becomes a toil, we lie 

 supine upon the sand, under the shade of the hazels that fringe the 

 margin of the Lake. One prepares the soothing pipe ; another, prone 

 over the water, takes huge horse-hke draughts of the limpid element; 

 and as sailors ashore must always light a fire, the others collect little 

 sticks for the inside and larger boughs for the outside. A spark is 

 produced in a bunch of dried grass, which is waved in the air till a 

 blaze is created, and the fire is then kindled. 



A fire with nothing to cook is bad, so we cast about for something 

 to eat. There are no birds to shoot, although there is a fowling- 

 piece ; the fishes will not allow themselves to be caught, and for 

 beetles we have no appetite. But crabs there are for the seeking. 

 So bare-legged we wade, and in the shallows of the fresh-water Lake 

 we capture these desirable Crustaceans, which are no other than 

 Eriocheir japonicus. No sooner is a specimen taken than he is cast 

 upon the glowing embers. Biscuit we have, and wild onions grow 

 iu the sand around; but "the salt" of course is forgotten. No 

 boatswain's pipe assails our ears, no " bear a hand " is heard. The 

 noise and bustle of the ship is clean forgotten in the calm of nature. 

 Solemn silence reigns upon the Lake ; solemn silence reigns in the 

 great oak woods. Serene and undisturbed, in that wild spot we 

 thankfully cook our crabs, and enjoy our frugal meal. 



On the rapid Growth of Cirripedes.— The following short note will 

 tend to illustrate the rapid growth of the pedunculated Cirripedes. 

 In 1857 the ' Action' sailed from Rio de Janeiro, towing the ' Dove,' 

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