EDITORIAL GLEANINGS. 239 
Daihes ss csecrscves 1452 |b. Marrow itcsikaweisetes 453 doz. 
DEIFEOLS : vecsesccs 874 cwt. MUCIONS. scesnenaieseass an 26 
OFaneges ......... 204 hundreds BANANAS. ssescecsamn ieee 1278 doz. 
Potatoes ......... 71 cwt. MUP DIPS sctigeus theese oy Cwt. 
Cherries ........- 19 baskets 
“Nores on the Introduction of the Brown Hare into Ireland ” is the 
title of a paper contributed by Mr. G. EH. H. Barrett-Hamilton to the 
‘Trish Naturalist ’ for last March. It has been prompted by the publica- 
tion of Dr. Scharff’s paper “ On the Origin of the Kuropean Fauna ” (Proc. 
R. I. Acad. ser. iii. vol. iv. July, 1897). ‘To summarize in the words of the 
author :—‘*‘ In the memoir alluded to above, Dr. Scharff remarks that ‘the 
difficulty of establishing the English Hare permanently’ in Ireland ‘is 
altogether unconnected with climate or food,’ and that he believes that the 
distribution of the two species in Kiurope generally seems to indicate that 
they will not live together (op. cié. i. pp. 435 and 471). If this be so, and 
if, as Dr. Scharff believes, the English Hare is probably the stronger of the 
two species, then, all other things being equal, we should expect intro- 
ductions of the English Hare into Ireland to be extremely successful, since 
in that country not only is the native Hare a presumably weaker species, 
but whole tracts of country are quite without Hares at all. On analysis of 
the twelve instances of the introduction of Brown Hares into Ireland, of 
which I have been able to give some particulars, this is found to be the 
case. Of these introductions ten may, I think, be regarded as authenticated 
—viz. those which took place at Copeland Island, Trabulgan, Powerscourt, 
Cleenish Island, Strabane, Castle Hyde, Fermanagh, Baronscourt, Castle- 
martyr, and Lurgan. On further examination, however, it is at once 
evident that in several instances the imported animals were never really 
given a fair chance of establishing themselves in their new homes, and 
particularly in the case of Copeland and Cleenish Islands, where the Hares 
were confined to a narrow space, and probably also artificially fed. At 
Trabulgan the Hares were imported expressly to be killed by coursing ; at 
Powerscourt they were either injured in the transit to Ireland, or were 
killed as soon as they left the protection of the demesne, and similarly in 
most of the remaining instances their extermination was only brought 
about by man himself. Yet, in spite of the efforts of their enemies, whether 
legal or illegal, to destroy them, we have evidence—in many of the cases 
which I have cited—of their power to become permanently established 
when given a fair chance, and the success of the Strabane introduction is 
alone a sufficient proof of this.” 
*“ The refusal of the English Hares to associate with the Irish species, as 
| Yeported in more than one instance, is of interest, and tends to support Dr. 
Scharff’s views that the two species are antagonistic, and that the Brown 
