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an authentic record.” This remarkable Carp is described and 
figured in Manley’s ‘ Notes on Fish and Fishing’ (p. 238), a book 
which has already been noticed in ‘ The Zoologist’ (1877, p. 501), 
and the author says (p. 243), “I believe Mr. Weaver’s Carp is the 
largest on record as taken in English waters, as it considerably 
‘tops’ the nineteen and a half-pounds fish taken in the White Sitch 
Lake, and whose picture is still to be seen at Weston Hall, the 
seat of the Earl of Bradford in Staffordshire.” He adds, “I believe, 
too, that the Harting Carp now figures for the first time in a book 
on Fish and Fishing.” On the occasion of its capture three hundred 
Tench and at least a ton weight of Eels were taken out of the same 
pond, besides a Jack weighing twenty-seven pounds and a half, 
which was in the act of digesting two Carp, which weighed two 
and four pounds respectively. In 1862 the Great Pond was again 
fished, and on that occasion, although the largest Jack did not 
exceed eighteen pounds and the largest Carp thirteen pounds, 
upwards of twenty-two hundredweight of Carp and Tench were 
taken, and nearly eight hundredweight of Eels. 
With the Fishes Mr. Weaver concludes his notice of the 
Vertebrata of the parish, and then follows an excellent chapter on 
the Land and Freshwater Mollusca, succeeded by no less than eight 
chapters on the Insects which have been found to occur within the 
limits of the district. These are treated in such a way as to leave 
no doubt on the mind of the reader that the author is an accom- 
plished entomologist. Did space permit, we should like to give 
several extracts from these chapters, for we have seldom seen so 
many interesting facts in connection with the life-history of insects 
brought together in so clear and entertaining a manner. We must 
content ourselves, however, with recommending them to the notice 
of all who would like to learn a good deal of Entomology with very 
little trouble. The chapters are thus divided :—Chap. V. Beetles ; 
Chap. VI. Earwigs, Cockroaches, Crickets, Grasshoppers and 
Locusts; Chap. VII. Thrips, Lace-winged Flies and Mayflies; 
Chap. VIII. Bees, Wasps, Ants and Ichneumons; Chap.1X. Butter- 
flies and Moths; Chap. X. Frog-hoppers, Plant-lice, Scale Insects, 
Bugs and Fleas; Chap. XI. Two-winged Flies; Chap. XII. Wing- 
less Insects—Mites, Spiders and Cudworms. 
The concluding chapters on the Flora of Harting possess no 
less interest for the botanist than do the preceding ones for the 
zoologist. We are presented with an account of the forest trees, 
