Polynemus Sele, or Isinglass Fish at Arracan. 615 



XI. So many, of the objections to the probability of the events at- 

 tending the first revolution, as above advanced, being equally applica- 

 ble to the second revolution, a recapitulation thereof as arguments 

 against the latter is considered unnecessary. 



I intend to advance no geological system of my own in this place ; 



but, in conclusion, I would beg leave to draw the attention of all 



amateur geologists to the following passage of Professor Buckland, 



which speaks for itself : — 



" The disappointment of those who look for a detailed account of geological 

 phenomena in the Bible, rests on a gratuitous expectation of finding therein his- 

 torical information respecting all the operations of the Creator in times and places 

 with which the human race has no concern ; as reasonably might we object that 

 the Mosaic history is imperfect, because it makes no specific mention of the satel- 

 lites of Jupiter or the rings of Saturn, as feel disappointment at not finding in it 

 the history of Geological Phenomena, the details of which may be fit matter for 

 an Encyclopaedia of Science, but are foreign to the objects of a volume intended 

 only to be a guide of religious belief and moral conduct." 



And thus we find, that all the attempts made to compress the 

 events of many thousand years previous to the creation of man into 

 the comparatively small portion of eternity which has elapsed since 

 that event, and to make them accord with any authentic record we 

 can have of the last named period, has always proved, and must al- 

 ways prove, abortive. 



Jessore, 6th December, 1841. 



Polynemus Sele, or Isinglass Fish at Arracan. Communicated 



by Captain Bogle. 



The Polynemus Sele, or Suliah fish, is called in Arracan the 

 Lakwah, it is from three to four feet long ; it is caught in a 

 large net, which is made in a manner peculiarly calculated to 

 take this fish, besides other kinds. It appears about the 

 beginning of January, and is to be found in very large quan- 

 tities in all the estuaries of Arracan, until the month of April, 

 when it disappears. It is said that 10,000 of this fish, great 



