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lively little baty-siluri in a pond not far from 

 the fish-hatching apparatus belonging to the Accli- 

 matisation Society on Mr. Francis's grounds at 

 Twickenham. 



" "When I state that Sir S. Lakeman had to change 

 railway carriages more than thirty times during the 

 journey, not to mention other vehicles, such as horse- 

 carriages and steamers ; that he started on the 23d 

 of August, and arrived in London with the fish on 

 the evening of the 15th of September; and that 

 during all that long journey he had to wage per- 

 petual battle with the indifference and stupidity of 

 officials, from station-masters down to porters (most 

 of whom seemed to regard the fact of his travelling 

 with a strange fish as rather a misdemeanour than 

 otherwise), the reader will have some notion of the 

 difficulties which have been overcome. 



" The fourteen little siluri (or siluruses) which 

 have arrived are what remain of thirty-six of the 

 same species, which started from Kopacheni, where 

 Sir S. Lakeman's estate is situated. This place is on 

 the banks of the Argisch, a tributary of the Danube, 

 and is about ten miles from Bucharest. The Argisch 

 abounds in Silurus, and in all the other curious and 

 unknown fish which swarm in the Danube, some of 

 which (thanks to Sir S. Lakeman) we hope, at no 



