RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [1845]. Abstract of Athenæum, June 1845. CUL-DAR205.2.75. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 5.2022. RN1
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[Bishop of Norwich]. 1845. British Association meeting…Section D.—zoology and botany. Athenaeum, no. 922 (28 June): 643: "Bishop of Norwich related several facts, showing that the spawn of fishes may be conveyed from one country to another over the sea. He knew of an instance in which the ova of the pike were deposited in the thatch of a cottage, and after having remained there for years, on the thatch being thrown into a dry ditch, which afterwards became filled with rain, young pike appeared."
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& in same discussion the B. of Norwich on pike's egg on roof long retaining vitality.
& when thrown in water producing young Fish. —
Athenaeum 1845. p. 676 or before
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