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  2. SOME AUSTRALIAN BIRDS.

    The pardalotes (from pardalotes, spotted like a pard or leopard) constitute a genus of tiny birds, and it is fortunate for them that they are small, and escape general notice, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 975 words
  3. THE MERCHANTMAN AND THE PRIVATEER.

    Richard Hornby, an ancestor of the late Sir Geoffrey Hornby, was in 1744 muster of the merchantman the Isabelia, of Sunderland. While he was on a voyage ...

    Article : 417 words
  4. CECIL RHODES'S RURAL HOME.

    A thousand acres on Table Mountain's charming slopes; a quaint old Cape Dutch residence stocked with all manner of interesting antique furniture and story-laden ...

    Article : 398 words
  5. THE PLUCKING OF POULTRY: A CONTRAST.

    One of the complaints lodged against Victorian pultry has been the want proper Packing and dressing, the birds presenting a non-appetising appearance to the eye of the buyer. In order to bear out the correctness of his assertion our London correspondent had an Aylesbury duckling and a Victorian duckling placed side by side and photographed, with the result shown in the picture reproduced above. The one to the right is the Aylesbury duck and that to the left Victorian. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 73 words
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