214 Notes and Comments. 
habitually living in the water. Neither crayfish nor winkles 
come in under the first definition ; crayfish certainly do under 
the second. But can.winkles be said to live habitually in the 
water? The same authority describes a winkle as a ‘ large 
spiral gastropod,’ but makes no mention of its habitat. A 
gastropod is.an animal which has a foot attached to its ventral 
surface, and the order includes all slugs and snails, but has no 
kinship either with fish or crayfish. Are our garden snails 
now to be regarded as fish within the meaning of the Larcency 
ACT ? 
THE LAW AND PRAWNS. 
Following on the above case we learn from the daily press : 
‘Is a prawn a fish? This was the question debated at the 
Eastbourne Borough Bench recently. Richard Barrett, of 
Eastbourne, was summoned for hawking fish on the parade 
on 14th May, and denied the offence. P.S. Holden deposed 
that defendant shouted “ Fine large prawns,’’ and called at 
several houses. He told witness he was on his way home. 
Defendant: A prawn is not a fish. Mr. E. O. Langham 
(Magistrates’ Clerk): Yes, itis. What do you call it—a bird ? 
Defendant: No; it’s an animal. Mr. Langham: It is a 
crustaceous fish. Defendant: No, it is not. Barrett, leaving 
this point, denied that he was hawking. He had to pay a 
fine of 2s. 6d.’ Apparently up-to-date legal classification is 
after the style of the well-known railway porter’s classification 
in Punch, many years ago: ‘Cats is dogs and monkeys is 
dogs, but a tortoise is a hinseck.’ 
THE VASCULUM. 
We have received the first part of an ‘ Illustrated Quarterly 
dealing primarily with the Natural History of Northumberland 
and Durham and the tracts immediately adjacent,’ which is 
edited by J. E. Hull, Richard 5S. Bagnall, George Bolam, and 
J. W. H. Harrison (32 pages, Is. net). There is an ornamented 
cover with the names of many leading northern naturalists. 
Mr. Bolam writes on ‘ Newts,’ Mr. C. E. Robson on ‘ The 
Hancock Prize,’ Mr. J. W. H. Harrison on “ Root Parasites,’ 
Mr. H. Preston on ‘ The Black Hall Rocks,’ Mr. R. S. Bagnall 
on ‘ A New Species of Neuroptera from the North of England’ ; 
and there are shorter notes and records, and particulars of a 
competition for young people. We hope there will be sufficient 
enthusiasm among our friends in Northumberland and Durham 
to keep the journal going. 
BRITISH AND GERMAN STEEL METALLURGY. 
In a pamphlet with the above title, written by Professor 
J. O. Arnold, F.R.S., of the Sheffield University, published as 
one of the Oxford pamphlets (2d.) it is shown (1) that German 
steel metallurgy owes far more to British inventors than 
Naturalist, 
