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sunken appearance, like the eyes of statues, whereas in 
‘ Susan’s ’ it stands out bold and full. 
It is remarkable how little notice the sitting Gannets take 
of an intruder, an occasional peck as you pass close by is the 
only attempt at attack I have noticed, until this year. I had 
passed a bird covering a newly hatched youngster. She was 
especially noisy, and apparently objected strongly to my 
presence. When I got a few yards away, with my back to 
her, she came at me with a rush and gave me a severe peck 
on the calf. One of the light-keepers has a nasty wound on 
his wrist, the result of a blow from the beak of a young bird. 
I can quite imagine that if care is not exercised in a case of 
this kind, there would be a considerable amount of danger 
from blood poisoning. 
It is, however, a good thing that these big birds do not 
recognise their own power. When on the Fames in July, an 
Arctic Tern escorted me practically all round the Knoxes, 
repeatedly dashing down and giving me a peck on the top of 
my head, and some of the blows were fairly sharp ones. I 
could not help thinking at the time, as I have often thought, 
that if Gannets developed the same habit, it would be a dan- 
gerous job visiting such haunts as the Bass ! 
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The late Rev. O. Fisher has bequeathed his geological collections and 
library to the University of Cambridge, and his Wollaston and Murchison 
medals to the Dorset County Museum. 
A paper on ‘ Standing Stones in Yorkshire,’ in which the Rudstone 
and Boroughbridge examples are illustrated, appears from the pen of Mr. 
A. L. Lewis in Records of the Past, Vol. XIII., Part 2. 
Dr. J. W. Evans’ presidential address to the Geologists’ Association 
deals with ‘ The Wearing Down of Rocks — Chemical Action in Terrestrial 
Areas,’ and is printed in the Association’s Proceedings, Yol. XXV., part 4. 
The Sheffield Daily Telegraph reports that ‘ A sow has given birth to 
a freak of nature. The animal's face is almost human in appearance, it 
has neither eyes nor nostrils, but a nose like a fish.’ To this Punch adds, 
‘ This is like none of our friends.’ But has Mr. Punch any friends in 
Sheffield ? 
We have made remarks about newspaper natural history from time 
to time, but the following criticism of an article which appeared in the 
Daily Chronicle, is taken from the Entomologist’s Record. * H.J.T.’ 
there describes the article in the ‘ Daily ’ as ‘ probably unique as an 
illustration of crass ignorance, misapplied energy, aberrance of obser- 
vation and assumption of scientific knowledge.’ We take off our hat to 
’ H.J.T.’ 
According to the press, ‘ Two hundred horses of the North Midland 
Mounted Brigade stampeded from camp at Bishop’s Stortford early one 
morning. Fourteen were killed ! ’ The rumour is not true that a certain 
geologist threatened to read a paper to them on ‘ The Pre-historic Horse 
from Bishop’s Stortford ’ ; but we are inclined to believe the further 
rumours that a paper on a find of ‘ Fourteen Prehistoric Horses at Bishop’s 
Stortford,’ is already on the list for reading at a future meeting of the 
British Association ; if the author can find a section that will take it ! 
Naturalist 
