THE NATURALISTS' COMPANION. 
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Salmon can swim five miles in an 
hour, and even ascend cataracts. 
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. and inducing them to subscribe. 
B. L. Williams, of Yew, York, 
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Our readers have our thanks for 
their promptness in sending in con¬ 
tributions this month. We hope 
they will continue to do so. 
C. B. Guy on, of this place, has 
. left a curiosity with us, in the shape 
of a plum inches in circumference, 
and inches in diameter. Next. 
We have a number of orders for 
specimens, lables, etc., which we 
have been unable to' fill, on account 
of the rush. These will be prompt¬ 
ly filled after this issue is oft'the press. 
As no one has been able to solve 
the puzzle published in Yo. 1, there 
is no use in our publishing the an¬ 
swer ; yet if any one wishes it they 
can obtain if for a two cent stamp, 
Yotice the ad. of Warren Carter 
on the cover. His minerals are first- 
class in every respect. He is per¬ 
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We will accept specimens, instru¬ 
ments, looks, etc., etc,, in exchange 
for subscriptions and advertising 
space, at three-fourths their actual 
value. Thus, for one dollar’s worth 
of specimens we will allow seventy 
five cents worth of advertising space, 
)|^°^We will sell the cuts we have 
in this issue at the following prices: 
Turtle, 30 cents; bird, 40 cents; 
bear,65 cents,or will sell all for $1,25. 
We will exchange these cuts for 
others. These cuts have never been 
used before. 
The Hawkeye Observer is one of 
the most interesting natural history 
papers we have seen. It is full to 
the brim with good, solid reading— 
a feature the majority of our ex¬ 
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Prof. Oliver Davie informs us 
that the second edition of his 
“Egg Check List of Y. A, Birds” 
will appear in about sixty days. It 
is to be complete and much enlarged, 
and is to contain ten full page plates 
of birds and their nests, drawn and 
engraved by Theodore Jasper, A, 
M., M. D. There is not, we believe, 
another person in America who has 
done more for the advancement of 
Oology than Mr. Davie has. 
In the whale the upper lip falls 
down like a curtain, overlapping the 
lower jaw several feet. 
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