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readers. There is, he says, one bay in the loch that the pike particularly affect for 
their spawning. On May 4 he found this bay apparently devoid of life. Two 
days later he saw one patch of pike spawn, fished for tw'enty minutes and caught 
the pair of marauders weighing six and seven pounds. A few days later the 
grassy bed of the bay was simple covered with pike spawn in patches. He caught 
a few more pike, but the water was so low that the majority deposited their 
spawn in the night and then departed. On May 16 he took the secretary of the 
Loch Awe Fishing Association and showed him the spawn, suggesting that he 
should put a man there for a few hours to clear it out. The secretary took some 
of the spawn up to examine it more closely when it hatched out in his hand, less 
than ten days after it had been deposited by the parent fishes. Two days later 
than this my correspondent saw both tadpoles and perch eating the fry as it 
hatched out. Nature was adjusting the balance, and the Association was spared 
the expense of employing a man to suppress the increase of pike. As an interest- 
ing experiment, my correspondent next put some of the spawn in one glass jar 
together with several tadpoles, while in another he placed a dozen fry. In very 
little time the tadpoles had eaten half the spawn. They were then transferred to 
the jar containing the fry, and in less than five minutes the latter were devoured 
in like manner. My correspondent has, he says, been a fisherman for fifty years 
and never before appreciated the value of tadpoles.” 
SELBORNE SOCIETY NOTICES. 
New Members. — Wm. John Spiers, Esq., Threadneedle Street, E.C. ; 
Mrs. S. E. Young, Cricklade. 
Donations and Subscriptions.— The Council begs to acknowledge 
with thanks the receipt of the following subscriptions over 5s. : — E. S. Morphew, 
Esq., £l IS. ; Lady Jenkyns, los. ; Mrs. Greenwood, £1 is. 
Effort to clear off the Deficit. — In the Treasurer’s statement of accounts 
given in the June number there is shown the considerable old debt of the Society. 
A member of the Council has offered £2 2s. if others will contribute a sufficient 
sum to place the account on the right side. The following sums have already 
been received or promised J. S. Comrie, Esq., £2 2S. ; Lord Avebury, £2 2S. ; 
E. Crowley, Esq., £1 is. ; Miss Garrett, £2 2s. ; Mrs. Lowther, £2 2s. ; Sir 
James Colquhoun, Bart., £2 2s. ; Lady Lindsay, £2 2s. ; E. S. Morphew, Esq., 
£2 2s. ; Mrs. Dockers Drysdale, £2 2S. ; A. Ilolte Macpherson, Esq., £2 2S. ; 
Ealing Branch £’^. Other members have kindly increased their annual subscrip- 
tion as above acknowledged. Until the deficit has been cleared it is obvious that 
the Society is crippled in its work and is unable to supply the leaflets explaining 
its aims, &c., for which there is a constant demand. Remittances should be 
made payable to the Secretary, Mr. R. Marshman Wattson, and crossed “ London 
Joint Stock — Pall Mall.” 
Council Meetings. — There will be no Council Meeting on Tuesday, 
August 6 ; the next meetings will accordingly be on Tuesdays, August 20 and 
September 3, at 20, Hanover Square, \V., at 5.30 p.m. 
FIELD CLUB RAMBLES. 
On June 22 a ramble was conducted by Mr. A. B. Wilkinson from Orpington 
to Farnborough, Greenstreet Green and Down, passing on the way through Lord 
Avebury’s beautiful grounds at High Elms. After tea at Down the return 
journey was made to Hayes vid Holwootl Park and Keston Common. 
June 29. — This ramble was one of the fixtures of the North London Natural 
History Society, but the party of twenty-one consisted mainly of Selbornians. 
Under the leadership of Mr. L. B. Prout the party enjoyed a pleasant ramble 
over Oxshott Heath and Esher Common, and the Black Pond was inspected on 
the way. The afternoon was very warm and bright, and tea at Napper’s, near the 
station, was very welcome. A somewhat hurried walk back to Claygate Station, 
along green lanes most of the way, to catch the 7.49, brought the enjoyable outing 
to a close. 
On July 6 Mr. Wilkinson conducted another ramble, this time in the neigh- 
bourhood of Guildford. Leaving Clandon Station, the route lay through the 
