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  THE 
  ZOOLOGIST. 
  

  

  EDITORIAL 
  GLEANINGS. 
  

  

  The 
  homeward-bound 
  liner, 
  ' 
  Ville 
  de 
  Maranhao,' 
  brings 
  seven 
  

   Chimpanzees 
  and 
  a 
  young 
  Gorilla 
  ticketed 
  for 
  the 
  Pasteur 
  Institute 
  

   in 
  Paris, 
  where 
  they 
  will 
  be 
  taken 
  in 
  hand 
  by 
  the 
  celebrated 
  Professors 
  

   Metchnikoff 
  and 
  Roux, 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  the 
  study 
  of 
  various 
  diseases 
  

   common 
  to 
  men 
  and 
  women. 
  The 
  Apes 
  are 
  in 
  charge 
  of 
  M. 
  Rousseau, 
  

   a 
  high 
  functionary 
  of 
  the 
  French 
  Congo. 
  — 
  African 
  World. 
  

  

  We 
  have 
  received 
  the 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  Transvaal 
  Trout 
  Acclima- 
  

   tisation 
  Society, 
  from 
  the 
  energetic 
  Secretary, 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  A. 
  Fry, 
  of 
  

   Johannesburg 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  " 
  The 
  first 
  attempt 
  at 
  introducing 
  Trout 
  into 
  the 
  Transvaal 
  was 
  

   made 
  by 
  Sir 
  Percy 
  Fitzpatrick, 
  who, 
  in 
  October, 
  1900, 
  obtained 
  some 
  

   two 
  hundred 
  and 
  fifty 
  fry 
  from 
  the 
  Cape 
  Government 
  Hatchery 
  at 
  

   Jonkershoek, 
  near 
  Stellenbosch, 
  which 
  he 
  brought 
  with 
  him 
  by 
  rail 
  to 
  

   Johannesburg. 
  Owing 
  to 
  the 
  state 
  of 
  war 
  which 
  then 
  prevailed, 
  and 
  

   the 
  consequent 
  delays 
  in 
  railway 
  travelling, 
  great 
  difficulty 
  was 
  expe- 
  

   rienced 
  in 
  keeping 
  the 
  fish. 
  Nevertheless, 
  a 
  fair 
  number 
  survived 
  the 
  

   journey 
  through 
  the 
  Cape 
  and 
  Orange 
  River 
  Colonies. 
  At 
  Elands- 
  

   fontein, 
  however, 
  the 
  fish 
  were 
  delayed 
  a 
  long 
  time 
  with 
  disastrous 
  

   results, 
  and, 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  impossibility 
  of 
  telegraphing, 
  no 
  satisfactory 
  

   arrangements 
  for 
  their 
  reception 
  had 
  been 
  made, 
  with 
  the 
  result 
  that 
  

   the 
  few 
  fish 
  which 
  did 
  reach 
  Johannesburg 
  all 
  died. 
  

  

  "By 
  far 
  the 
  most 
  destructive 
  creature 
  to 
  young 
  fry 
  is 
  the 
  Water 
  

   Toad 
  (local 
  name, 
  Plaatanna 
  or 
  Plaatje), 
  a 
  web-footed, 
  slimy-looking 
  

   amphibian, 
  with 
  rather 
  a 
  pointed 
  head. 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  consider 
  they 
  can 
  do 
  

   much 
  harm 
  in 
  a 
  river, 
  but 
  in 
  a 
  fry-pond 
  they 
  are 
  very 
  destructive. 
  I 
  

   have 
  taken 
  as 
  many 
  as 
  thirty- 
  two 
  fry 
  from 
  the 
  stomach 
  of 
  one 
  of 
  these 
  

   Water 
  Toads, 
  caught 
  in 
  one 
  of 
  my 
  fry-ponds 
  in 
  Cape 
  Colony. 
  As 
  the 
  

   fry-ponds 
  can 
  easily 
  be 
  protected 
  with 
  wire-netting, 
  the 
  danger 
  is 
  

   reduced 
  to 
  a 
  minimum. 
  

  

  " 
  The 
  same 
  remark 
  applies 
  to 
  Kingfishers, 
  which 
  can 
  be 
  kept 
  in 
  

   check 
  by 
  a 
  judicious 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  shot-gun.' 
  " 
  :: 
  

  

  :;: 
  We 
  are 
  sorry 
  to 
  read 
  this, 
  for 
  Kingfishers 
  are 
  none 
  too 
  plentiful 
  even 
  

   in 
  the 
  Transvaal. 
  — 
  Ed. 
  

  

  