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NOTES TO THE 
debarred access until so turned over by the sabuon, and the 
more frequent tlie visits of this most useful bird to the newly- 
turned gravel the freer will the spawning-bed be from these 
hurtful insects. This opinion subsequent experience has con- 
firmed, and preservers of salmon will act wisely to protect as a 
most able assistant the falsely-accused w^ater-ouseL" I therefore 
entreat fish-culturists, water bailiffs, and gamekeepers not to 
kill the w\ater-ousel. 
I have written on this matter many times ; I urge it once 
more, and repeat, "Spare the water-ousel;" he is a friend, not 
an enemy, to fish and fish-culturists. 
Brighton Bustards, p. 1 13. — Brighthehnstone is of course 
Brighton. The origin of the prosperity of this beautiful 
town was Dr. Kussell's book, published in 1752, entitled "A 
Dissertation on the Use of Sea- water in the Diseases of the 
Glands, particularly the scurvy, jaundice, king's evil, leprosy, 
and the glandular consumption." Dr. Kussell established 
himself at Brighton, the sea-air cured his patients, and the 
doctor made his fortune. I should exceedingly like to see 
bustards re-established on the downs. I am certain they w^ould 
do well, and form a most interesting addition to the present 
charms of Brighton. I wish the Mayor, the residents of Brighton 
and its vicinity, and Sir Cordy Burrows, would take up the idea. 
Bustards could be obtained from the plains of Central Europe, 
not far from Berlin. 
Norfolk was once the head-quarters of this magnificent bird. 
There are some fine specimens in the Museum at Norwich, 
shot between the years 1820 and 1830. 
Many interesting particulars as to Norfolk Bustards can be 
found in the Kev. E. Lubbock's descriptions of " The Broads and 
Decoys " (H. Stacey, Norwich, price eighteenpence). All natur- 
alists would rejoice exceedingly if His Pioyal Highness the 
Prince of Wales would revive the race of Bustards on his estate 
at Sandringham. The country about there is admirably suited 
for them. 
I am told they show good sport when coursed. The bustard 
is to my mind the " ostrich of England." 
Ducks, p. 121. — My uncle, the Eev. B. Morland, rector of Shab- 
bington, Bucks, in the middle of a large grazing country, tells me 
that the farmers in the district are in the habit of utilising the 
calves as food for early ducks. The heads, feet, and sweet- 
breads of the calves are sent to the London market, and the rest 
