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296 kirby’s wonderful museum.
stone, stood six feet in height, was six yards in length, and
nearly eight yards in girth ; he was six years old.
Monthly Magazine, April, 1796.
LARGE EEL.
Lately, near Malden, in Essex, was taken an eel, measur-
ing five feet six inches in length, seventeen in girth, and
weighing twenty-six pounds ; it is supposed to have been the
largest of the species (Muroena Anguilla, Lin. Syst. or fresh
water eel) ever caught, or described in Natural History.
Mon. Mag. 1811.
The largest eel recorded by Pennant, in his British Zoo-
logy, weighed about twenty pounds. Editor.
EXTRAORDINARY GROWTH OF SALMON.
The rapid growth of this fish is astonishing; which appears
from the testimony of a gentleman at Warrington. A salmon
taken on the 7 th of February, 18 J 8, then weighed seven
pounds and three quarters; being marked with scissars on
the back fins and tail, and turned into the river, was again
taken on the 17th of the following March, and was then
found to weigh seventeen pounds and a half.
New Monthly Magazine, Nov, 1818.
FECUNDITY OF RABBITS.
The fecundity of the rabbit is truly astonishing; it breeds
seven times in the year, and generally produces eight young
at a time; from which it is calculated, that one pair may in-
crease in the course of four years, to the amazing number of
1,274,840. In Spain, they once increased to such a degree
as to become so noxious, that the inhabitants were obliged to
procure ferrets from Africa to destroy them. Editor.
LONGEVITY OF FROGS.
In digging a well at Judge Lane’s, near the river Onion,
at the depth of twenty-four feet, wood was found; at about
stone, stood six feet in height, was six yards in length, and
nearly eight yards in girth ; he was six years old.
Monthly Magazine, April, 1796.
LARGE EEL.
Lately, near Malden, in Essex, was taken an eel, measur-
ing five feet six inches in length, seventeen in girth, and
weighing twenty-six pounds ; it is supposed to have been the
largest of the species (Muroena Anguilla, Lin. Syst. or fresh
water eel) ever caught, or described in Natural History.
Mon. Mag. 1811.
The largest eel recorded by Pennant, in his British Zoo-
logy, weighed about twenty pounds. Editor.
EXTRAORDINARY GROWTH OF SALMON.
The rapid growth of this fish is astonishing; which appears
from the testimony of a gentleman at Warrington. A salmon
taken on the 7 th of February, 18 J 8, then weighed seven
pounds and three quarters; being marked with scissars on
the back fins and tail, and turned into the river, was again
taken on the 17th of the following March, and was then
found to weigh seventeen pounds and a half.
New Monthly Magazine, Nov, 1818.
FECUNDITY OF RABBITS.
The fecundity of the rabbit is truly astonishing; it breeds
seven times in the year, and generally produces eight young
at a time; from which it is calculated, that one pair may in-
crease in the course of four years, to the amazing number of
1,274,840. In Spain, they once increased to such a degree
as to become so noxious, that the inhabitants were obliged to
procure ferrets from Africa to destroy them. Editor.
LONGEVITY OF FROGS.
In digging a well at Judge Lane’s, near the river Onion,
at the depth of twenty-four feet, wood was found; at about