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it was dead, and no handling, nor even the use of an iron knife in cutting 
into it, produced any sensation. I found in its stomach a gray gurnard 
perfectly fresh and uninjured—so fresh, indeed, as to impress one with the 
belief that the gurnard was first taken in the spiller, and that the torpedo 
had taken the gurnard and so caught itself. The torpedo is not an unknown 
fish in this bay, but its occurrence is rare. It is worthy of remark that in 
this case the electrical shock was felt by the captor whilst holding the wire- 
covered line in his left hand and cutting at the mouth of the fish with an 
iron knife in his right hand, without any actual contact with the fish itself. 
The liver (in two lobes) was of remarkable size; but this is, I think, a 
characteristic of all our sharks and rays. At one time during the struggle 
to get the fish into the boat Mr. Eastaway struck it in the wing with his 
gaff (which was an impromptu one, composed of the iron tiller of the boat 
with a conger-hook lashed to it), and immediately felt a shock in his hand 
and fore arm. Mr. Eastaway did not know the fish, nor of its supposed 
qualities until he landed, and his evidence practically confirms the experi- 
ments, which show that the force exerted by the fish is so far strictly 
electrical as to be capable of transmission through conductors of electricity. — 
Thomas Cornish ; Penzance, May 17, 1875. 
Spinous Shark in Mount’s Bay.—A spinous shark, of the swimming sort, 
has been taken in Mount’s Bay to-day. This is the third that I have seen, 
and it confirms my opinion that there is a spinous ground shark and a 
spinous swimming shark. It is small: over all, five feet one inch; eye to 
fork, three feet six inches and a half; greatest girth immediately behind 
pectoral fin, two feet one inch. It was caught on a hook and line, and 
hooked in the side of the upper jaw at the gape. The man who has it had 
one earlier in the year seven feet long, which I failed to see: it also was 
caught in the bay. He says the spines of the first of the two sharks were 
phosphorescent after night, even whilst the fish was fresh. This specimen 
has no tongue.—Id. ; May 5, 1875. 
“Telescope Fishes.””—I am sorry to see this name used by the Crystal 
Palace Aquarium Company as an advertisement. Such modes of exciting 
a sensation are most objectionable, and unworthy this truly national under- 
taking. The so-called “telescope fishes” are common gold-fishes with double 
tails and projecting eyes, both which characters are properly denominated 
monstrosities or deformities.—Hdward Newman. 
Zoological Station at Naples.—The ‘ Kélnische Zeitung’ of April 17th 
contains an elaborate and highly interesting account of the festival which 
took place at Naples a few days ago, upon the occasion of the opening of 
the Zoological Station. Dr. Anton Dohrn, the founder of the station, made 
the opening speech. After him Prof. Panceri, of Naples University, thanked 
Dr. Dohrn in the name of Italy for his great efforts in carrying the important 
work to a successful result. The Prefect of Naples had sent a deputy, and 
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