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  THE 
  ZOOLOGIST. 
  

  

  excellent 
  reform, 
  desired 
  by 
  many 
  more 
  of 
  us 
  who 
  yet 
  find 
  the 
  

   old 
  Adam 
  of 
  a 
  too 
  abiding 
  nature. 
  

  

  To 
  sail 
  about 
  Breydon 
  Broad 
  in 
  a 
  small 
  house-boat 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  

   really 
  alone 
  with 
  nature, 
  and 
  when 
  the 
  sun 
  goes 
  down, 
  and 
  the 
  

   Yarmouth 
  lights 
  glare 
  up 
  in 
  the 
  distance, 
  there 
  comes 
  a 
  time 
  

   for 
  many 
  cogitations. 
  On 
  such 
  excursions 
  the 
  notes 
  have 
  been 
  

   made 
  which 
  have 
  provided 
  the 
  narrative 
  for 
  these 
  pages, 
  and 
  

   we 
  do 
  not 
  propose 
  to 
  sample 
  too 
  many, 
  which 
  would 
  be 
  unfair, 
  as 
  

   the 
  book 
  is 
  published 
  at 
  a 
  moderate 
  price. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  interesting 
  to 
  read 
  that 
  in 
  this 
  locality 
  the 
  Meadow- 
  

   Pipit 
  is 
  the 
  prevalent 
  foster-parent 
  of 
  the 
  young 
  Cuckoo 
  ; 
  to 
  

   hear 
  again 
  of 
  the 
  old 
  professional 
  gunner, 
  who 
  with 
  cast-iron 
  — 
  

   or 
  rather 
  gun-metal 
  — 
  constitution 
  could 
  sleep 
  out 
  on 
  the 
  coldest 
  

   nights, 
  and 
  sell 
  his 
  best 
  prey 
  for 
  prices 
  which 
  sound 
  ridiculous 
  

   to 
  wealthy 
  collectors 
  of 
  to-day 
  ; 
  while 
  the 
  beautifully 
  coloured 
  

   illustrations, 
  to 
  those 
  who 
  know 
  Breydon, 
  faithfully 
  recall 
  the 
  

   scene, 
  and 
  exhibit 
  birds 
  in 
  situ, 
  which 
  all 
  have 
  not 
  been 
  so 
  

   fortunate 
  to 
  observe. 
  The 
  fish-notes 
  are 
  informative 
  and 
  some- 
  

   times 
  surprising. 
  " 
  In 
  November, 
  1897, 
  a 
  Pike 
  of 
  goodly 
  size 
  

   was 
  taken 
  in 
  a 
  Herring-net 
  miles 
  out 
  at 
  sea, 
  off 
  Yarmouth. 
  It 
  

   was 
  reported 
  to 
  be 
  ' 
  strong 
  alive 
  ' 
  when 
  captured 
  ; 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  

   netted 
  I 
  am 
  satisfied, 
  for 
  it 
  was 
  taken 
  to 
  a 
  taxidermist 
  for 
  pre- 
  

   servation 
  as 
  a 
  novelty." 
  We 
  may 
  hope 
  that 
  Mr. 
  Patterson 
  will 
  

   give 
  annual 
  fish 
  -reports, 
  and 
  do 
  for 
  these 
  somewhat 
  neglected 
  

   creatures 
  what 
  Mr. 
  Gurnev 
  does 
  so 
  excellently 
  for 
  birds. 
  

  

  Notes 
  on 
  the 
  Natural 
  History 
  of 
  the 
  Bell 
  Rock. 
  By 
  J. 
  M. 
  Camp- 
  

   dell 
  ; 
  with 
  an 
  Introduction 
  by 
  James 
  Murdoch. 
  Edin- 
  

   burgh 
  : 
  David 
  Douglas. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Campbell, 
  Assistant 
  Lightkeeper, 
  has 
  shown 
  in 
  this 
  

   small 
  volume 
  that 
  he 
  is 
  a 
  naturalist 
  at 
  heart, 
  and 
  has 
  mastered 
  

   the 
  art 
  of 
  seizing 
  opportunities. 
  For 
  a 
  solitary 
  lighthouse- 
  

   keeper 
  to 
  remain 
  sane, 
  or, 
  if 
  with 
  a 
  companion, 
  to 
  refrain 
  from 
  

   realistic 
  quarrelling 
  under 
  such 
  lonesome 
  circumstances, 
  would 
  

   to 
  most 
  men 
  seem 
  no 
  inconsiderable 
  achievement. 
  Here 
  we 
  

   find 
  detailed 
  the 
  various 
  animal 
  appearances 
  during 
  the 
  3-ear. 
  

   The 
  spring 
  brings 
  forth 
  the 
  legions 
  of 
  White 
  Whelk 
  from 
  their 
  

  

  