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of Fish andt 1is/heries., Iin -/Iloi '/(,t t), C: St: Noticing in tlie Forestand ; Streami of 9th instant some answers to qiueries as to the cause of imortallity among tishes in the (;ulf of Mlexico, I miake bol(d to present the result of iy observations. After vcry heavy rains and overflowing of rivers, the inner bays on the Texas comist suffer. a loss of from onehalf to three-fourths of their stock of salt water tish, not including mullet, w hich live as wvell in fresh as salt water.In fact land-locked mullet in a fresh water pond or tanlk grow to a weight of nine or ten pounds.Last winter, atter a lhcavy rain and a freeze, azll the salt water fish in tlhl LaIw-una (del aladre (a large sheet of water lying between Padre Island and the mainlknin were fotuni(d dead on the banks. We have two causes for the (ltstructioni of fish here, vis., too much frtsli water an(d too coldl weather.In the lagoon above sploken of, in a long (Irought, the water gets too salty for the fish, ani(d they l)ecome covere(l with sores, an(d unless relievcd f)y a rain they (lie fromii too nmuch salt.I have nteverknown any set ious niort;ality ;aimo:g fish onl the (Gulf ceist where there \was a ire. tflow of wvater, excet )t (ttt inig violent stotins, wle manlyl tisli both stalll and(l large wvem e huah.ed and kifleld. Vety ,a,iesp,e.tfully, eS. H. JOIINSON. CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, 7unC I7, 8855.ANGLO-ANIERICAN ARCTIC EXPEDITION. Commander Cheyne's paper, describing his proposed Arctic expe(lition in conjunction witli Lieut. Schwatka, read betore the N. Y. Academy of Sciences, on the 2Sth ultimiio, Nvill be printe(l in otir next isstie, with the regular proceedings of tlhe Acad(lcnmy. We understand that Commander Cheyne is receivitng a stronig support from those intereste(d in the subject, anid that there is an early prospect of his plans taking a definite form.The English ArCtic Council for the organization of this exl)e(lition, mect on the I3th instant, and are awaiting a cablegram, informing them ot the prospects of success, for internaticnal co-operation.AiwiciE 'ro AsrKEoNo0M a-.-ln Sir William Ilerschel's wvork '*ont the Cnstructi'tn olf /he Hellavens," the following linle of condtuct for astronomiiers is indicated: " in an investigation ot this delicate tiattire wC ougght to avoid two opposite extremes. If wc indiulge a fanciful imagination a:nd build worlds of our own, we must not wonder at our going wide fromii the path of trtutlh anid nature. On the otlher Imlmii, if we add olbserva.tion to obscrvation, witiotit at-tvipil1ting to draw tnot onIv certfain -onlcliusioIns but also con.je'tmual Views fionli teit-II, we, off1v1end akgailtst tlhe very endtl for which oilvl) obsu rvatio)ltlllght to t u Inade. I will cen. deavor to keet a Iltoer nidliun, u)ttif I shiouild deviate fromii that I couldftilist inot to fill inito the laltter error.-See ]/,,,,en's an(I Ifttiii, 's srn'JJ.pSis'. MIETEOROLOGICAL REPORT FOIR NEW YORK CIrY FOR THE WEEK ENDING DEC. 3, I88I. Latitude 40°45' 58' N.; Longitude 739 57' 58 XV.; height of instruments...