1885.] MR. DAY ON DISEASED INTESTINES OF A TROUT. " 483- 



very intelligent children of Mr. John Saunders, Secretary to the 

 Table Bay Harbour Board, and was seen by Mr. Saunders and 

 others. 



" Unfortunately it was not sent to me, but was killed, and thrown 

 back into the sea. I think that I mentioned in a former letter that 

 a very fine specimen of this Snake, taken in False Bay near Muizen- 

 burg and sent to me dead, is now in the South African Museum. 

 Perlmps it is worthy of remark that this Snake, if I am correct as 

 to its identity, having been found in Table Bay, had reached the 

 Atlantic." 



A letter was read from Mr. B. Crowther, of Launceston, Tasmania, 

 stating that he had in captivity some living examples of the Duck- 

 bill {Ornithorhynchus paradoxus), which he was proposing to send 

 home as a present to the Society's Menagerie. Details were added 

 as to the best mode of keeping and feeding these animals in 

 confinement. 



Mr. Osbert H. Howarth exhibited and made remarks on a 

 specimen of Coral of the genus Dendrophyllia, attached to a stone- 

 ware bottle which had been dredged up in the Atlantic off Madeira 

 at a depth of from 15-20 fathoms. The coral, when brought to the 

 surface, was of a brilliant orange colour, and the tentacles of the 

 animal were hanging from each branch. 



Mr. Howarth also exhibited and drew attention to the large 

 number of shells found inside the bottle. 



Mr. F. Day exhibited a specimen of the Vendace {Coregonus 

 vandesius), which, he observed, was one of three (received from 

 Mr. W. Kimsey Dover) that had been taken in Derwentwater and 

 Bassenthwaite lakes, where Dr. Davy had recorded their occurrence 

 in 1858, but whose statement has been generally overlooked. The 

 Gwiniad {C. coregonoides) would seem to be restricted in the Lake 

 district to Hawesvvater and the lake-system that joins the Eden. 



Mr. Day also exhibited the diseased intestine of a Sea-Trout, which 

 fish had been taken with the fly by Mr. A. Caldwell in the Esk on 

 May 1st. It was \ lb. in weight and in excellent condition, but when 

 landed its abdomen was observed to be " swollen as if it had a stone 

 inside." On being opened, the commencement of the small intestine 

 was seen to be as represented in the accompanying figure (p. 484). 

 A slit I of an inch long existed along it, and the edges were everted, 

 occasioning this spot to be like an open ditch with an orifice at tiie 

 commencement, and its termination leading into the intestinal canal. 

 Either opening was almost choked up by worms {Bothriocephalus), 

 but it was found that the intestines below the seat of injury contained 

 undigested food similar to what was in the stomach above it. There 

 was no adhesion between the intestine and the abdominal walls ; 



