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abandoned by the besiegers on their retreat, was presented,
as a token of respect and gratitude, by the Spanish nation, to
his Royal Highness the Prince Regent.”
The largest piece of ordnance that has been made in
Britain was a carronade cast at the Carron-works, Scotland,
during the late war. It is of cast iron, and carries a ball of
1241bs. weight, and was placed at the entrance of the Artil-
lery-fort, Leith, for the purpose of commanding the road-
stead of that harbour. Another, but of something smaller
dimensions, was cast at the same manufactory, and placed on
the other side of the gate of the fort, for the same purpose.
A NEW ELECTRICAL FISH.
In a Letter from Lieut. Paterson, to Sir Joseph Banks,
Bart. F. R. S. and inserted in the Philosophical Trans-
actions.
Mr. Paterson, while at the island of Johanna, in the
way to the East Indies, met with the fish, here delineated
and described, in the cavity of a rock hollowed by the sea, the
water in which was about 56° or 60° of heat of Fahrenheit’s
thermometer. He caught two of them, in a linen bag,
closed up at one end and open at the other ; but in attempt-
ing to take one of them in his hand, it gave him a severe
electrical shock, which obliged him to quit his hold; he
however secured them both in the bag, and carried them to
the camp at two miles distance : where, on opening the bag,
one of them was found dead, and the other with only so much
life as to convince the Surgeon and Adjutant of its electrical
powers.
The fish is seven inches long, twTo inches and a half broad,
has a long projecting mouth, and seems to be of the genus
Tetrodon. The back of the fish is of a dark brown colour; the
belly part sea green ; the sides yellow, and the fins and tail a
sandy green. The body is interspersed with red, green and
abandoned by the besiegers on their retreat, was presented,
as a token of respect and gratitude, by the Spanish nation, to
his Royal Highness the Prince Regent.”
The largest piece of ordnance that has been made in
Britain was a carronade cast at the Carron-works, Scotland,
during the late war. It is of cast iron, and carries a ball of
1241bs. weight, and was placed at the entrance of the Artil-
lery-fort, Leith, for the purpose of commanding the road-
stead of that harbour. Another, but of something smaller
dimensions, was cast at the same manufactory, and placed on
the other side of the gate of the fort, for the same purpose.
A NEW ELECTRICAL FISH.
In a Letter from Lieut. Paterson, to Sir Joseph Banks,
Bart. F. R. S. and inserted in the Philosophical Trans-
actions.
Mr. Paterson, while at the island of Johanna, in the
way to the East Indies, met with the fish, here delineated
and described, in the cavity of a rock hollowed by the sea, the
water in which was about 56° or 60° of heat of Fahrenheit’s
thermometer. He caught two of them, in a linen bag,
closed up at one end and open at the other ; but in attempt-
ing to take one of them in his hand, it gave him a severe
electrical shock, which obliged him to quit his hold; he
however secured them both in the bag, and carried them to
the camp at two miles distance : where, on opening the bag,
one of them was found dead, and the other with only so much
life as to convince the Surgeon and Adjutant of its electrical
powers.
The fish is seven inches long, twTo inches and a half broad,
has a long projecting mouth, and seems to be of the genus
Tetrodon. The back of the fish is of a dark brown colour; the
belly part sea green ; the sides yellow, and the fins and tail a
sandy green. The body is interspersed with red, green and