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4. S. trutta in the dress of spawning season ; 5. ^. fario, river varieties ; 

 and 6. S. fario in the spawning dress. 



The work of Mr. Yarrell forms another interesting addition to our 

 knowledge of the Natural History of the Salmon. The young of the 

 Salmon (in the district where the experiments were made called Pinks) 

 were put into an artificial lake on the property of Thomas Upton, Esq. 

 of Ingmire Hall, having no outlet or feeder by which other fish could 

 gain admittance. These were afterwards taken at intervals of from 

 eleven to twenty-seven months, and Mr. Yarrell's description and 

 plates detail and exhibit the changes and appearance of the fish when 

 taken from the lake. The experiments of Mr. Upton and Mr. Parker 

 corroborate in general what Mr. Shaw has so successfully proved in 

 Scotland, and are interesting as showing the change in colouring under- 

 gone by the Pinks at the period when the clear and silvery scaling 

 is assumed ; but beyond the time when the migratory change takes 

 place we cannot depend upon the increase of weight or size. Any one 

 accustomed to see many Salmon in different states fresh from their 

 native rivers, and to compare them with fish kept artificially, could 

 at once say that Nos. 4, 5, and 6, had been kept in fresh water ; this is 

 particularly evident in the form of Nos. 4 and 5, and we would account 

 for the comparatively fine condition of No. 6 by the lake being newly 

 completed, and unstocked (we presume) with other fish. It is well 

 known how much common Trout are influenced in their condition by 

 being placed in a newly formed pond or lake. The drawings by Mr. 

 C. Curtis illustrating Mr. Yarrell's paper were exhibited to the British 

 Association at Newcastle, and were then much admired. The coloured 

 engravings from these now published, are executed with great minute- 

 ness and delicacy. . 



Narrative of an expedition into Southern Africa during the years 1836 

 and 1837, from the Cape of Good Hope through the Territories of the 

 Chief Moselehatse to the tropic of Capricorn. By Captain W. C. Harris. 

 8vo. Bombay, 1838. Murray, London. (Reprinted) 1839. 



This volume may perhaps be thought by some scarcely to come 

 under the range of works which should be noticed in the ' Annals, ' 

 but as the author tells us that "both from education and taste," he 

 "possessed an ardent desire to contribute his mite to the geography 

 and natural history of the countries" he " was about to explore ;" and 

 that there are interspersed through the work anecdotes of several 

 rare animals, which though not written for the naturalist are extremely 

 interesting to him ; we have thought it worth while to bring it under 

 the notice of our readers. Capt. Harris seems to have been born a 



