There are several varieties of the species in this country; the most malignant and treacherous being the Political Viperssnakes in the grassbred from the spawn of the Original Cockatrices, and a curse to the land we live in.

Pound the spawn in a mortar, with the butter, nutmeg, and flour, and mix with it the cream and milk.

6. commends the water of frog's spawn for ruddiness in the face.

In the month of May, the fishermen are allowed to take the oysters, in order to separate the spawn from the cultch, the latter of which is thrown in again, to preserve the bed for the future.

For thy kindness to me shown, Never from thy banks be blown Any tree, with windy force, Cross thy streams, to stop thy course: May no beast that comes to drink, With his horns cast down thy brink; May none that for thy fish do look, Cut thy banks to damm thy Brook; Bare-foot may no Neighbour wade In thy cool streams, wife nor maid, When the spawns on stones do lye, To wash their Hemp, and spoil the Fry. God.

Rub a little lobster spawn through a sieve, sprinkle it over the fish, and garnish with tufts of parsley and cut lemon.

Prawns should be very red, and have no spawn under the tail; much depends on their freshness and the way in which they are cooked.

On the 1st of November 1839, this ingenious observer perceived a pair of sea-trouts engaged together in depositing their spawn among the gravel of one of the tributaries of the river Nith, and being unprovided at the moment with any apparatus for their capture, he had recourse to his fowling-piece.

One can produce up to six generations from one bottle of mother spawn with the help of tissue culture.

Why, I shall hear you saying a good word soon even for such unclean spawn as this," prodding the prostrate friar with the handle of his paddle.