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ed during heavy rain, like the species of this genus so fre- 

 quently found on the surface of the earth, as if they had 

 fallen from the clouds. 



The natives of Boutan know so well the ground in which 

 to find these fish, that they dig them out from their holes in 

 the following manner: a stick is passed into the suspected 

 hole, and the earth raised sometimes to a depth of nineteen 

 feet. When water makes its appearance the operations are 

 suspended, and a little cow-dung is dropped into the well, 

 this attracts the fish from their hiding place into the well, 

 when they are easily secured. They are said to be usually 

 found in pairs, each fish weighing about 4 lbs., and some- 

 times as much as two feet in length. 



Such is the account given of the habits of this species by 

 Mr. Russell, and I have already adverted to the statements 

 of Buchanan Hamilton on the same subject, together with 

 the popular opinion of the people of the country and of 

 Europeans, forming together a body of evidence not to be 

 questioned. 



Dr. A. Campbell, Superintendent of Darjeeling, in a paper, 

 (in the xi. vol. Jour. As. Soc. p. 963,) which I only refer to 

 for the inadvertence with which it is written, without con- 

 sulting the opinions of others, seems to regard the fore- 

 going account of the habits of the bur a Chang, as if 

 it were calculated to excite, (to use his own words,) 

 either " an unenquiring and implicit credence, or wonder, 

 without any lasting impression of the matter narrated, or 

 sceptical disbelief" 



In a recent visit to Boutan, Dr. Campbell states, that he 

 learnt on enquiry, that the bura Chang or, as he names it 

 the bura Chang, is not found on the right bank of the Teesta.* 



* This, if not depending on some local cause, which ought to have been stated, 

 would be far more incredible than any thing else that has been advanced upon 

 the subject. 



