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interesting in themselves — when brought together, are, in my 

 opinion, conclusive, and show in a very remarkable manner the 

 value of noting and recording observations seemingly trifling in 

 themselves. Mr. Davies' paper deserves the fullest notice the 

 Society can give it. 



Mr. Davies, in replying, thought that little remained to be 

 said save for him to express his best thanks for the manner in 

 which the paper had been received, and for the kind words that 

 had been spoken. Sometimes one heard the conjecture 

 expressed that the Pollan, to which allusion had been made, 

 was possibly a transformed herring, but he hardly supposed 

 that that was intended to be taken seriously. If it were such, 

 the transformation was positively marvellous in that it did not 

 possess the generic characters of the herring. There was a 

 prevalent notion that it was peculiar to Lough Neagh, but he 

 believed that it also occurred in Lough Erne and in Lough 

 Derg. Closely allied species were met with in Wales and on 

 the Continent. For the natnralist there were not many places 

 with more varied enticements than Lough Neagh. 



