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Show 1885.] MR. D A Y O N DISEASED INTESTINES O F A T R O U T . 483 very intelligent children of Mr. John Saunders, Secretary to the Table Bay Harbour Board, and wras seen by Mr. Saunders and others. " Unfortunately it was not sent to me, but was killed, and thrown -back into the sea. I think that I mentioned in a former letter that a very fine specimen of this Snake, taken in False Bay near Muizen-burg and sent to me dead, is now in the South African Museum. Perhaps it is worthy of remark that this Snake, if I am correct as to its identity, having been found in Table Bay, had reached the Atlantic." A letter was read from Mr. B. Crowther, of Launceston, Tasmania, stating that he had in captivity some living examples of the Duckbill (Ornithorhynchus paradoxus), which he was proposing to send home as a present to the Society's Menagerie. Details were added as to the best mode of keeping and feeding these animals in confinement. Mr. Osbert H. Howarth exhibited and made remarks on a specimen of Coral of the genus Dendrophyllia, attached to a stoneware bottle which had been dredged up in the Atlantic off Madeira at a depth of from 15-20 fathoms. The coral, when brought to the surface, was of a brilliant orange colour, and the tentacles of the animal were hanging from each branch. Mr. Howarth also exhibited and drew attention to the large number of shells found inside the bottle. Mr. F. Day exhibited a specimen of the Vendace (Coregonus vandesius), which, he observed, was one of three (received from Mr. W . Kimsey Dover) that had been taken in Derwentwater and Bassenthwaite lakes, where Dr. Davy had recorded their occurrence in 1858, but whose statement has been generally overlooked. The Gwiniad (C. coregonoides) would seem to be restricted in the Lake district to Haweswater and the lake-system that joins the Eden. Mr. Day also exhibited the diseased intestine of a Sea-Trout, which fish had been taken with the fly by Mr. A. Caldwell in the Esk on May 1st. It was \ lb. in weight and in excellent condition, but when landed its abdomen was observed to be " swollen as if it had a stone inside." On being opened, the commencement of the small intestine was seen to be as represented in the accompanying figure (p. 484). A slit | of an inch long existed along it, and the edges were everted, occasioning this spot to be like an open ditch with an orifice at the commencement, and its termination leading into the intestinal canal. Either opening was almost choked up by worms (Bothriocephalus), but it was found that the intestines below the seat of injury contained undigested food similar to what was in the stomach above it. There was no adhesion between the intestine and the abdominal walls |
