a favorite drink for his hens. He soon found that the laying of his hens was increased to a considerable extent. Being convinced of the importance (to him) of the new discovery, he has during the present season kept his hens constantly supplied with lime water, placed in troughs within convenient access, and the result is an increase in eggs of nearly four-fold as compared with previous experience.-W. [We have long adopted this idea, and find the result highly satisfactory.] Singular Epitaph.-We are told by the Editor of the Worcester Herald, that the subjoined is a verbatim copy of an epitaph, which appears in the parish church-yard of Persey, in Dorsetshire. Here lies the body of Lady C. Looney, great niece of Burke, commonly called the Sublime.' She was hard, passionate, and deeply religious. Also, she painted in water-colors, and sent several pictures to the exhibition. She was first cousin to the Lady Jones, and of such is the kingdom of Heaven."-ANGELINA. Tenacity of Woody Fibre.—It is a familiar fact that the stems of trees, and of flowering plants in general, possess a tenacity not found in the leaves and flowers. This tenacity is mainly due to the presence of woody tissue, which consists of spindleshaped tubes lying closely together and overlapping each other at the ends. It is present also in the veins of leaves, and especially in the inner bark of plants. It is regarded by some as a form of cellular tissue, but may at all times be distinguished by its much greater tenacity. This quality indeed renders it of considerable importance to man; for it is this tissue, separated from the softer tissue of the stem by maceration, which forms the fibre of linen, hemp, and many other substances which are manufactured into textile fabrics. The comparative tenacity of different organic fibres, says the Scottish Florist, as ascertained by Labillardiere, is as follows. Weights being suspended to threads of the same diameter, silk supported a weight of 34; New Zealand flax (Phormium tenax), 23.8; Hemp(Cannabis sativa), 163 ; Flax (Linum usitatissimum), 113; Pita flax (Agave Americana), 7.—J. W. T. To Keep away the Moth.-I notice an article on this subject, by " Arabella" (Vol. III, p. 310). Let me tell you of another efficacious remedy for getting rid of these plagues-viz., by sewing a small portion of the bitter apple (Colycynth, I believe) in muslin bags, and placing the latter among the various articles which it is wished should be protected from the moth.--MUSCIPULA. but afterwards released, with a warning that if he repeated his adventure after another unfortunate sparrow, it might not fare quite so well with him. The next visitor was also in pursuit of a sparrow. Both flew in at the front door, down a long passage, and into the kitchen; where Mr. Hawk went with such violence against the window, that he smashed it-the glass being scattered some distance. The squares of glass, however, being rather small, and iron bars coming rather close against them outside, he did not succeed in making a hole large enough to pass his body through. This was of little consequence; for the violenco of the blow was such, that his neck was broken. He died in a minute or two after he was picked up. These occurrences took place near Lausanne, in Switzerland. In both instances, the intended victims were lucky enough to escape.BOMBYX ATLAS, Tottenham. 77 The Crystal Palace, Sydenham.-As tho Company seem to be on their mettle, and resolved to astonish the whole world with their Palace of Beauty, I would suggest to them that if a terrestrial globe on a monster scale were constructed in the grounds, it would tell well with the public. It might be done thus:-For the general plan, take a map of the world, with the two hemispheres. At the base of an excavation, let two mounds be raised, giving a correct delineation of both. Let the several continents and islands be marked out upon them, with their shores as near to nature as may be-the seas being represented by fine grass, or glass with a prepared surface. Rocks, &c., might be laid down, and lakes and rivers be represented by glass formed of undulating and twisted pieces; these, by suitable machinery, might be kept in constant motion. This would give life and effect to the whole. Mountains, snow-capped hills, forests of trees, &c., could easily be introduced; and large towns marked, giving a leading building (as St. Paul's) for London. Being in an excavation, a terrace or terraces might be formed on the surrounding sides, and lectures given explanatory of each subject. It would be practicable too, by | means of machinery, to raise *"lines 27 or frames to denote the equatorial and equinoctial lines, the degrees, &c. To give increased effect, telescopes might be arranged all round; the use of which would considerably enhance the pictorial importance of the globe. I merely throw this out as a hint by the way. Money seems no object." I do not, however, imagine the cost of what I propose would be very considerable. The motto over the globe might be "Here may you roam at large, from pole to pole- I cannot help thinking, that if a small charge only were made for entrance, the success of such an undertaking could hardly be doubtful.-J. B., New Road, Shepherds' Bush. Rapacity of the Sparrow-hawk. I remark in OUR JOURNAL(Vol. III., p. 122) a bold adventure of a sparrow-hawk, whilst pursuing a blackbird. Two very similar occurrences came under my own observation a few years ago; but I forget the precise date. In the first instance, I happened to be in my dormitory, and one of the windows was open. [If the "Company" be wise, they will turn Suddenly a poor sparrow came flying in as fast as their attention to many similar devices to instruct possible, closely followed by a sparrow-hawk, which as well as amuse the public. The site they few straight through the room into a sitting-room have chosen is a delightful one. Nature and art adjoining. The latter somehow contrived to get may there be pleasingly associated; and the entangled in the curtains. He was made prisoner; | human mind inducted to a train of thought, hitherto quite neglected as a branch of edu- Introduce them twenty or thirty feet apart into cation.] the moles' runs; or one ball may be dropped into the hole of each mole-hill, taking care to cover it The Use of White Wax-If you wish to keep up immediately. The smell of these ingredients is certain articles from becoming yellow (such as so offensive to the mole, that he immediately dewhite muslin, white satin, white silk dresses, serts his ground. The mixture is, at the same bonnets, shoes, &c.), place white wax in imme-time, a violent poison for moles, rats, and all such diate contact with them.-HONEYSUCKLE. vermin.-Flore des Serres. Mushrooms.-The greatest caution is requisite in selecting any kinds for food; and it is advisable merely to eat the common sort. Wild mush rooms from old pastures are considered more delicate in flavor, and more tender in flesh, than those raised in artificial beds. But the young or button mushrooms, of the cultivated sort, are firmer and better for pickling; and in using cultivated mushrooms, there is much less risk of poisonous kinds being employed. The following is a description of the unsuspected sorts:-1 he eatable mushrooms first appear very small, and of a round form, on a little stalk; they grow very fast, and the upper part and stalk are white; as the size increases, the under part gradually opens, and shows a fringy fur, of a very fine salmoncolor, which continues more or less till the mushroom is a tolerable size, when it turns to a dark brown. These marks should be attended to, and likewise whether the skin can be easily parted from the edges and middle. Those which have a white or yellow fur should be carefully avoided. The wholesome kinds have a grateful rich scent: it is, however, safest not to eat any of the good but less common sort until they have been soaked in vinegar.-JOHN T., Windsor. [The "safest" way is, to imagine mushrooms to be unwholesome, and never to eat them. We never do, although we are particularly fond of them.] Lunatics. Of the influence of the planets and the moon-notwithstanding the name of Lunatics, and the vulgar impressions-no proof whatever exists. Yet physicians of eminence-Mead even -have said, "the ravings of mad people kept lunar periods, accompanied by epileptic fits." The moon apparently is equally innocent of the thousand things ascribed to her. When the paroxysms of mad people do occur at the full of the moon, Dr. Burrowes inclines to explain the matter thus" Maniacs are in general light sleepers; therefore, like the dog which bays the moon, and many other animals, remarked as being always uneasy when it is at the full, they are disturbed by the flitting shadows of clouds which are reflected on the earth and surrounding objects. Thus the lunatic converts shadows into images of terror, and, equally with all 'whom reason lights not,' is filled with alarm, and becomes distressed and noisy."-E. W. T. How to drive away Moles.-Take one pound of bean-meal, three ounces of slacked lime in powder, half an ounce of powdered verdigris, and four ounces of essential oil of lavender. After mixing thoroughly the powdery part of this composition, incorporate the oil. With a little water, work the mixture into a dough. With this form balls the size of hazel-nuts; they will harden after having been exposed to the air for twenty-four hours. The Earth an Ocean of Melted Rock.-Professor Silliman mentions the fact, that in boring the Artesian wells in Paris, the temperature of the earth increased at the rate of one degree for every fifty feet towards the centre. Reasoning from causes known to exist, he says-"That the whole interior portion of the earth, or, at least a great part of it, is an ocean of melted rock, agitated by violent winds, though I dare not affirm it, is still rendered highly probable by the phenomena of volcanoes. The facts connected with their eruption have been ascertained and placed beyond a doubt. How then are they to be accounted for? The theory, prevalent some years since, that they are caused by the combustion of immense coal-beds, is perfectly puerile, and is entirely abandoned. All the coal in the world could not afford fuel enough for a single capital exhibition of Vesuvius. We must look higher than this; and I have but little doubt that the whole rests on the action of electric and galvanic principles which are constantly in operation in the earth."-HElen W. Botany of "the Camp."-All who go to see the camp at Chobham, should be told that the following plants are to be met with in tolerable numbers, on the common:-Erica tetralix, Polytrichum commune, Narthecium ossifraga, Ranunculus lingua, Blechnum boreale, male and female, Galium palustre, Orchis bifolia and maculata, Cnicus heterophyllus, Triglochin palustre, Eriophorum, augustifolium and Lycopodium clavatum. There is no doubt that a stricter search would discover many other plants; but neither time nor the state of the weather would permit any but a cursory examination. The bog in question lies at the back of the cavalry quarters, and can be easily known by the great abundance of the white spikes of the Cotton Grass, which may be seen for a considerable distance.-WM. ILOTT, Bromley, Kent. So Right of Claiming Bees.-You called attention, my dear sir, some short time since, to the existing practice of "ringing" bees during a swarm; and said that the only benefit resulting therefrom was the constituting a "right to the swarm 'rung" for. In connection with this, I observe the following in the Oxford Herald, of June 25:"A custom prevails in some places, to the effect that bees leaving the hive, and being followed and not lost sight of, by the owner or some person on his behalf, a tin kettle, frying pan, or other like instrument being beaten to "ring" the bees, may be claimed from the person on whose property they alight. A short time since, a swarm belonging to Mr. Corbutt, at Appleton, left a hive in his garden. Miss Corbutt immediately procured a "ringer,' and followed the bees to a garden occupied by Mr. W. Spiers (of the above village). Mr. Spiers attempted to make them his own, and accordingly proceeded to hive them. Having done so, he set his neighbor at defiance! Mr. Corbutt procured a summons from the County Court, to bring the question to a decision; and at the sitting at Abingdon, on the 14th inst., before J. B. Parry, Esq., Q.C., the plaintiff having proved by the evidence of his daughter that the bees had been followed and "rung," and not lost sight of from the time of their leaving his garden to their settling in the garden of Mr. Spiers, the judge decided in favor of the plaintiff." As I always rejoice to see any remarks of "Our Editor " publicly confirmed, need I say how glad I shall be to see this in print?-VIOLET, Worcester. Visit to a Field of Pitcher-Plants.-The Nepenthes grows in Madagascar, in the interior of the country, at the distance of three leagues from Tamatave, and one and a half from Isathan, in a valley half-a-league in length, and a quarter in breadth, situated between a small arm of the river Hivouline and several lakes, the waters of which discharge themselves into the river Tamatave. It is surrounded with hills, covered with primeval forests; and the soil is a blackish sand, much like poor heath mould. I discovered this valley about six in the morning, and found it covered with Nepenthes of the greatest beauty and vigorous growth. The largest were nineteen inches in height, in bloom, and furnished with a great quantity of pitchers; almost every leaf bore one. I remarked that they were all open and half-full; but, about three in the afternoon, I saw the covers descend gradually, and by five all the pitchers were closed. I tried to open some of them, but could not do so without breaking them. Desirous to see more of these wonderful plants, I resolved to visit them again early the next morning, and returned to Isathan for the night, which I passed in the house where, in 1804 and 1805, died the two unfortunate botanists sent out by the French Government-Chapellier and Michaux. Returning the next morning at half-past five, I saw all the pitchers closed and resting on the ground, on account of the quantity of water they contained. It was still in vain to try to open without tearing them, and those which I did open in this manner were quite full. Towards eight o'clock the covers began sensibly to rise, and at nine all the pitchers were open. I measured the quantity of water contained in several, and found it about two-thirds of an ordinary glassful. This fluid, clear as distilled water, was cool, and of an agreeable taste, and was my only drink during this day of observation. By three in the afternoon, evaporation had exhausted two-thirds of the water in the pitchers, which gradually rose as they became lighter. The covers began to close, and at five were shut, as I had observed the previous evening. The people of Madagascar hold the Nepenthes in great reverence, and call it copoque." They assured me that it exists in no other part of the island, which I can readily believe, for I have traversed Madagascar in all directions withont meeting it elsewhere.-M. BREON, in Lu Belgique Horticole. 44 The Effect of Fear.-Is it true that the imagination may be so wrought on, as to make a person believe he is gradually dying when he is actually in good health? I have heard some curious stories to this effect; but I have no doubt you can set me right as to facts.-SARAH E. [What you have heard is quite true. We could multiply instances, but it would be irrelevant. Boachet, a French author of the sixteenth century, states that the physicians at Montpelier, which was then a great school of medicine, had every year two criminals-the one living, the other dead-delivered to them for dissection. He relates that on one occasion they tried what effect the mere expectation of death would produce upon a subject in perfect health; and in order to this experiment, they told the gentleman (for such was his rank) who was placed at their discretion, that, as the easiest mode of taking away his life, they would employ the means which Seneca had chosen for himself, and would, therefore, open his veins in warm water. Accordingly they covered his face, pinched his feet without lancing them, and set them in a foot-bath; they then spoke to each other as if they saw the blood were flowing freely, and life departing with it. The man remained motionless; and when, after a while, they uncovered his face, they found him dead. In England, many such effects have been produced. There is no doubt that fear, working on the ima gination, will lead to the most fatal results.] The Ground Fish of Bootan.—Mr. J. T. Pearson has communicated to the Asiatic Society of Bengal, on the authority of Mr. Russell, of Rangpore, the following account of the Bora Chung, a ground-fish of Bootan :-The Bora Chung is a thick cylindrical fish, with a body somewhat like a pike, but thicker, with a snub-nose; it is two feet long, and weighs about three pounds. The color is olive-green, with orange stripes; the head speckled with crimson spots. It is eaten by the natives of Bootan, and said to be delicious. It is found on the borders of the canal Nuddee, which falls into the river Dhallah, a branch of which runs into the Teestah, at Paharpore. It is not immediately on the brink of the water, however, that the fish is caught; but in perfectly dry places, in the middle of a grass jungle, sometimes as far as two miles from the river. The natives search this jungle till they find a hole, about four or five inches in diameter; and into it they insert a stick to guide their digging a well, which they do till they come to the water; a little cow-dung is then thrown into the water, when the fish rises to the surface. Mr. Russell has known them to be from six to nineteen feet deep in the earth. Their other habits are not less curious. They are invariably found in pairs, two in each hole, never more nor less. He has seen them go along the ground with a serpentine motion, very fast, though the natives say they never voluntarily rise above the surface. In some places they are very common, and live a long time when taken out of the water, by being sprinkled over occasionally. One, which Mr. Russell thinks is the female, is always smaller, and not so bright in color as the other. Mr. Pearson saw two of the fish alive.-W. The Kingfisher.-This bird is a native of Europe, Asia, and Africa. It inhabits the temperate parts of Russia and Siberia; in Denmark it is rare. It is found in Germany, France, Holland, Italy, and Greece. On the other two con were gifted with life. The reasons for your cor- tinents it is likewise widely dispersed. In this The Horse-hair Eel.-Sir,- In your THIRD country it is universally, though nowhere nume- VOLUME you raised a question, through a corresrously, diffused. It is a splendid bird, its irides-pondent, as to whether the hairs in a horse's tail cent colors varying according to the light they are seen in, from bright turquoise blue to the deepest green in some parts of its plumage, and in others the darker colors of copper and gold. When dead, however, much of its beauty is gone; and one writer has imagined that even alive it has, when perceiving that it is observed, the power of dimming the resplendency of its plumage, as if conscious how marked an object it otherwise was; and I fancy that some idea of the sort has before now occurred to myself. In Yorkshire, this bird is as frequently to be met with as in other parts of the country; but, speaking of the neighborhood of Huddersfield, Mr. W. Eddison writes to Mr. Allis-"The destructive plan of snaring them, or catching them with birdlime, will shortly place them in the list of rare birds;" and Mr. Richard Leyland, to the same, says" In autumn, an assemblage of them in some of the narrow glens or cloughs, as they are called about Halifax, takes place; probably the river, swollen by the autumnal rains, renders the acquisition of their food difficult, and consequently compels them to seek it in shallow water."-MORRIS's History of British Birds. Motion of Plants.-Mr. Robson has given us a very interesting account of the movements he observed in the scarlet Clathrus, which is here transcribed in his own words. It is interesting to notice how an unbiassed observer uses the very terms to designate the movements of a plant which would have been minutely descriptive of those of an insect. "At first I was much surprised to see a part of the fibres that had got through a rupture in the top of the Clathrus, moving like the legs of a fly when laid on his back. I then touched it with the point of a pin, and was still more surprised when I saw it present the appearance of a little bundle of worms entangled together, the fibres being all alive. I next took the little bundle of fibres quite out, and the animal motion was then so strong as to turn the head half-way round-first one way and then another, and two or three times it got out of the focns. Almost every fibre had a different motion, some of them twined round one another, and then untwined again; whilst others were bending, extending, coiling, waving, &c. The seeds appeared like gunpowder finely granulated." Instances from other authors abound. An Helvella Inflata, on being touched by me once, threw up its seeds in the form of a smoke, which arose with an elastic bound, glittering in the sunshine like particles of silver. "The Vibrissea truncorum, taken from water, and exposed to the rays of the sun, though at first smooth, is soon covered with white geniculated filaments which start from the hymenium, and have an oscillating motion." The Pilobolus, of which so accurate an account has been given us by the great Florentine mycologist, casts-as its name imports-its seed into the air. These also escape with a strong projectile force from the upper surface of Pezizas, the anfractuosities of the Morel, and from the gills of Agarics.-Treatise on the Esculent Funguses of Englund. Shakspeare here gives utterance in poetry to a common error, which is alluded to in Hollinshed"A horse-hair laide in a full pale of the like water, will in a short time stirre and become a living creature. But sith the certainty of these things is rather proved by few." This superstition still prevails in many parts of the country; and well we remember the period in our short history, when, with a desire as great as that which possessed Mr. Cross, we anxiously panted after the production of life. The unfortunate horses, whose tails were made to yield of their abundance to satisfy our curiosity, had no notion of the honor which was intended them. Certain it is, that the hairs were extracted with what are called the roots, and these, tied into a bundle, were allowed to swim in a running stream for the mystic space of nine days. We cannot tax our memory with ever having produced eels in this manner. The failure of the attempt was easily explained, by our not having pulled the hairs out properly, and hence the horse was subjected to repeated suffering. There is an animal called the horse-hair eel, however, which we have often seen in running waters, which is apparently without the power of locomotion, and in every respect resembles a horse-hair. Its color is dark brown, approaching to black; without fins, and the smallest possible appearance of a head. The animal seems to be carried about by every eddy in the current where it exists, and but for the constant motion of what may be called the tail, might easily be mistaken for a horse-hair. A recent author mentions this superstition as still prevalent in Scotland, and also that the animal is common in Inverness-shire. The superstition is very likely to have arisen from some mountebank wishing to inspire the rustics with a proof of his supernatural power, which he could easily do by taking the animals from the water when still retaining life. They love the power of motion, which is regained by their being again immersed in their native element. I have transcribed the above; and send it to you without further comment. Self-existing life in the hair of a horse's tail does seem rather questionable.-ALEXANDER G., Oxford. The late Professor Adrien de Jussieu.-Advices from Paris mention the decease of this distinguished botanist, upon whom the mantle of his great ancestors may be said to have fallen. Among the most conscientious and exact of systematical writers, he also ranked high as a physiologist, as his well-known elementary work has shown the world. For many years his health had been delicate, and of late had become deplorable. his decease a vacancy occurs in the President's chair of the French Institute, in that of Professor By of Rural Botany in the Jardin des Plantes (which, it is said, will not be filled up), and among the 20 foreign members of the Horticultural Society of London.-J. L. (in the Gardeners' Chronicle.) Roses for Winter-Blooming.—A selection for this purpose should be made from the Tea and Bourbon families, on their own roots or budded very low. Presuming the plants brought from the nursery are in the small pots they are generally grown in for sale, they should at once be placed into those a size larger, carefully and freely watered during this and next month, cutting off all the flower-buds that may show before September. About the middle of the latter month, shorten the strongest shoots, and thin out the slender ones, turn the plants out of the pots, depriving them of some of the soil, and repot in those a good size larger, using a compost of turfy loam, sand, and manure, in about equal proportions; they also like a little leaf-mould; put several pieces of broken crock in the bottom of the pot, then a portion of soil; place the plant so that its surface roots shall just be covered; and then, filling with the soil, put them in a situation partially shaded-water sparingly, till they begin to grow-then expose them fully to the sun, and water freely every day. There they may remain till the middle or end of October, when they should be removed to a pit to prepare them for flowering. Previous to their removal, the pots should be washed, and the plants neatly tied up. Where charcoal can be had, it will be found of great utility in the pot culture of roses, broken to the size of nuts, and about onefifth mixed with the soil; the roots delight to ramble through it, and the foliage becomes of a richer and darker green; the surface of the soil must have frequent stirrings. The plants must be carefully examined, and whenever infested by green-fly, the latter should be destroyed by tobacco smoke. Roses in pots are wonderfully benefited by a watering of manure-water now and then. This water is very easily prepared. Let droppings from the stable or cow-house be put into a large tub or barrel, with water kept over them for a week or two, occasionally stirring it up; the water may then be poured or drawn off for use. Guano water also makes a good manure. A quarter of a pound of guano in three gallons of water, frequently stirred before using will be found very nourishing; indeed, one pound to sixteen gallons of water will be strong enough to use by the inexperienced, for if used much stronger than I have stated it would injure plants in pots. In the open ground, any of these liquids may be used stronger and rather more frequently.-J. H. The Chloroforming of Bees.-The quantity of chloroform required for an ordinary hive, is the sixth part of an ounce; a very large hive may take nearly a quarter of an ounce. My mode of operation is as follows:-I set down a table opposite to, and about four feet distant from the hive; on the table I spread a thick linen cloth; in the centre of the table I place a small, shallow breakfast plate, which I cover with a piece of wire gauze, to prevent the bees coming in immediate contact with the chloroform; and into this plate I pour the chloroform. I now quickly and cautiously lift the hive from the board on which it is standing, set it down on the top of the table, keeping the plate in the centre; cover the hive closely up with cloths, and in twenty minutes or so, the bees are not only sound asleep, but, contrary to what I have seen when they are suffocated with sulphur, not one is left among the combs; the whole of them are lying helpless on the table. You now remove what honey you think fit, replacing the hive in its old place; and the bees, as they recover, will return to their domicile. A bright, calm, sunny day is the best; and you should commence your operations in the morning before many of them are abroad.—D. SMITH (in the Edinburgh Evening Courant). On Hatching the Eggs of Spanish and Cochin China Fowls.-I have never found any difference in the hatching of my Spanish and Cochin China eggs, beyond, perhaps, an hour or two. I consider it a bad plan to mix different shelled eggs together. The Spanish is remarkably thin, and the Cochin very thick. The young of the latter are longer making way through the shell than the former; and when chickens are hatching, unless those that appear first are removed immediately, the hen becomes uneasy, and sits hollow. If out of thirteen eggs three or four chickens appear first, I always remove them and put them in flannel in a basket, till all are out. If this be long, I remove the eggs that are addled, to pacify the hen; and put all the chickens together under her.-JOHN BAILY, Mount Street. The New Hackney Carriage Act.-The act for the better regulation of metropolitan stage and hackney carriages, and for prohibiting the use of advertising vehicles, which received the Royal assent on the 28th June, consisting of twenty-two clauses, came into operation on Monday, the 11th ult., except as therein specially provided. It provides that every driver of a hackney carriage (including cabs) within the limits of the metropolitan and city police district, is required, on each occasion when such carriage is hired, to deliver to the hirer a card, on which must be printed "Hackney Carriage, and the number of the Stamp Office plate, &c. When required, a driver is to produce a book of fares. After the 1st of October, persons desirous of obtaining a license to keep a hackney carriage, &c., must make application to the Commissioner of Police, who, if the carriage be found fit, shall grant a certificate; no license to be granted by the Board of Inland Revenue without such certificate. The Commissioners of Police may cause carriages, &c., to be inspected; and, if not in a fit condition, may suspend licenses, and recall the Stamp-Office plate; notice of suspension to be given to the Inland Revenue. A penalty of £3 per day is imposed for the using and hiring of carriages not certified to be in a fit condition. The fares are to be 6d. per mile, or part of a mile, or 28. per hour, or part of an hour, for carriages drawn by one horse; and for carriages drawn by two horses one third more than the above rates. No back fare allowed; but the driver to be entitled to 6d. for every fifteen minutes that he shall be required to stop. When more than two persons shall be carried inside any hackney carriage, one sum of 6d. is to be paid for the whole hiring, in addition to the above fares. Two children under ten years of age are to be counted as one adult person. Lamps are to be provided for omni |