LONGEVITY OF A TROUT.
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Fifty three years ago, Mr.. William Mussop. Of
Board hall, near Boug hen-in Furncss, when hoy,
placed small ellbeck trout in we'll the orchard
belonging 10 his family, where it has ever since
mained until last week, when II departed this life
not through sickness any other nfrmity attend
ant on old age, but rather for want OF its natural ee-
ment, water, The severe drought drying up the
spring which supplied the we'll circumstance un-
precedented for the last sixty years.


"Ned,o for so Mr.. nj. named this hnny hermit,
would receive from Mr. Ms. hands, snails, worms,
and bread, and always seemed pleased a, the pre-.
sence Of its feeder, frequently moving lis tail and
fins with the greatest rapidly, and app oachng the
surface Of the water. AT several times trouts we're
put into the we'll, which were instantly deyoured by
the solitary inmate who had increased in size, aud
weighed about 2bs. Time had changed poor
" Ned's" appearance, once being lat we'll proper
toned trout, but lately resembling small Goldfish
His lips and gills were perfectly whte-his head
was formerly black, and of large size. This re
markable fish has been visit and considered as a
curiosity by the neighboring country for many years


London Paper.


Mr.. James Jackson, of Islip, IL. y is making
similar experiment with trout When it was Ia
ken and put into the WE'LL or spring, three years
since it did not weigh two ounces. Last March il
was taken and when put into the scales found to
weigh over Two pounds. 1t will rise gently ircin
the bottom Of the well and feed ont Of the hand.
And what is very remarkable, il will suffer none oil
the hany tribe to occupy the cell, not ever one
OF its own immediate family. Several different
Kinds OF FISH, and among them trout of large size,
have been put into the we'll, and all have been lin
mediatey attacked, and ultimately killed by this
ord OF the castle. The object Of Keeping him
prisoner, is TO ascertain by good feeding, the size
10 which these delicious fish will attain, and how
iaaid are their gtowth, n + Ereai@s Post.