. Science-gossip . ably attracted the kingfisher. A KiLL.\RNEY correspondent states that thefishing of the Ilillarney Lakes has been seriouslydamaged, if not ruined, by the recent bog slide atthe Quarry Lodge. The close season terminatedon January i6th, and never before has the fisheryopened under such unfavourable auspices, thetakes on the three lakes amounting to onlyseven salmon. The weather in the first placewas not favourable, and the lower lakes are dis-coloured by the boggy debris conveyed into it bythe Ownacre and Flesk rivers, and until this dis-appears prosperous fishing cannot be ho
. Science-gossip . ably attracted the kingfisher. A KiLL.\RNEY correspondent states that thefishing of the Ilillarney Lakes has been seriouslydamaged, if not ruined, by the recent bog slide atthe Quarry Lodge. The close season terminatedon January i6th, and never before has the fisheryopened under such unfavourable auspices, thetakes on the three lakes amounting to onlyseven salmon. The weather in the first placewas not favourable, and the lower lakes are dis-coloured by the boggy debris conveyed into it bythe Ownacre and Flesk rivers, and until this dis-appears prosperous fishing cannot be hoped for. ABNORMAL SCABIOUS. npHE abnormal flower of Scabiosa arvensis, a-- sketch of which, on scale of one-half naturalsize, I send you, was found some years since in acornfield, and although diligent search has sincebeen made for another such specimen, it appears tobe unique, at any rate as far as my experience also appears to be as good an illustration as isoften found of the claims of some writers as to. Abnormal Scabiosa arvensis. composite flowers ha\ing originated from simplerforms for the purpose of becoming more attractiveto insect visitors. If this is the case, is not thesingle floret in its separate involucre and on aseparate stalk at some little distance below a full-sized and perfectly normal flower, a proof of thecorrectness of their views ? Edwin E , Essex; January i^th, 1837. Nature, for January 14th, contains an articleon the Bog Slide of Knocknagceha, in the countyof Kerry, by Mr. Grenville Cole. Speaking of theorigin of the disastrous bog slide, he says that itmust be compared with the phenomenon of surface-creep. The ridging of soils upon steep hillsides isa similar but milder form of this sliding peat-bogs the water finds its way out in numerouschannels into the main stream of some neighbouringvalley, and the banks of these channels arealways in a state of flux. During stormy weatherthe black, saturated lower layers of the
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