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Proceedings of the WERNERIAN Natural meeting, a more particular description

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of the island, illustrated by drawings, and a series of specimens of the differ

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compass of the month of May,-which ing been taken, although to the cap.

has, upon the whole, been of the most genial description, and has been accompanied with an increased rapidity of vegetation in proportion to the previous backwardness of the Spring.

June 19. The weather having continued favourable, the fields of wheat near Edinburgh are now beginning to come into car.

Several open boats have already arrived at Leith from the Moray Frith, with cargoes of dried fish; consisting of cod, ling, skate, haddock (or spelding,) and piked dog-fish. These fish are not well cured; indeed most of them are dried without salt. The piked dog-fish, Squalus acanthias, (hoes or sea-dogs) have perhaps never before been brought to the Edinburgh market; at least they are always thrown away when accidentally caught by the Newhaven fishermen. The Buchanmen find their account in taking them, on account of the oil got from their livers they split them up along the back, and, cleaning out the entrails, spread the fish upon the rocks to dry. Dried dogs may be eaten either broiled or boiled; but dressed either way, they have an oily and somewhat rancid taste. The name is apt to excite a prejudice against them; and to obviate this, the late Mr Knox, in his View of the Fisheries, proposes to change its name to King George Fish.

June 22. New potatoes and green pease appeared in our market in small quantities; the former 1s. a-pint, the latter 10s. a-peck. Strawberries also make their appearance; being charged at 5s. and 6s. a-pint.

June 25. Of late a Society of Gentlemen in this place have, with the best intentions, and at a considerable expence, brought a set of fishers from England, with their decked smack and trawl-nets. These English fishers have plied in several parts of the frith, but hitherto without that conplete success which was fondly anticipated; very few soles or turbot hav

ture of these the views of the fisher men were chiefly directed. Great quantities of young thornbacks (maiden skate of this place) have, however, been caught; with still greater num bers of young plaise, (here confounded, under the name of fleuk, with other species of flounder.) A very few reai skate (here denominated grey skate) have likewise been got. The turbot (rowan fleuk) seem at present to be very scarce in the frith. The soles hitherto taken have been but of small size, and in number have not, I am told, exceeded a dozen. There is no reason, however, for despairing of better success. It is possible that the strangers may not yet have hit upon the favourite haunts of the turbot and the sole; and it is not improbable that these may be found in considerable numbers when the season is farther advanced. More than a year ago, a fact was stated in the Monthly Memoranda in this Magazine which holds out considerable encouragement to perseverance. It was this: When his Majesty's ships used to lie at anchor in Aberlady Bay, the sailors were accustomed to amuse themselves in catching soles, and they generally took so many, and of a large size, that after copiously supplying the officers mess, presents were often sent to the gentlemens houses along the coast.

P. S.-In the postscript to the Monthly Memoranda for last month, we inserted a journal of the periodical appearance of the swallow, cuckoo, &c. and of the budding of the larchtree, for five years past, with remarks. This interesting paper was composed by Sir ALEXANDER DICK from notes kept by himself at Prestonfield, near Duddingston. It was communicated to the writer of this article on the 25th of May last; and we sincerely regret to have to add, that this was the last and closing literary employment of the youthful Baronet, he having

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