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  2. THE HUMOURIST.

    A wise man is reported to have said many years ago, "A word in season how good it is!" Let me, then, in pursuance of my mission to teach and preach the removal of the objectionable, take up my parable against the ...

    Article : 1,550 words
  3. Rowing Notes.

    The proverbial calm that precedes a storm is now taking place in rowing circles, and is likely to continue till the 26th of January, the date of our National Regatta; but even this will be as a catspaw compared to the tornado that will break ...

    Article : 2,371 words
  4. Sailing Notes.

    The four clear days of holiday at Christmas gave yachtsmen an exceptional opportunity for making an outside trip, which was fully utilised. Though I have not heard of any one going further than Broken Bay, that ...

    Article : 1,612 words
  5. The Yacht Owaissa.

    Mr. James J. Bourke, of Bray, writing to the Field, encloses drawings and particulars of the design of the yacht Owsissa. From our English contemporary we reproduce on page 21 the design in the hope that the subject will prove ...

    Article : 733 words
  6. Boxing Day.

    The custom of keeping holiday on Boxing Day is a very old one. In this colony, as far as can be ascertained from a perusal of the works of Phillip, Hunter, Collins, White, and other chroniclers of the early history of the settlement, ...

    Article : 394 words
  7. The Adirondack Region.

    The Indian Pass is a stupendous gorge in the wildest part of the Adirondack Mountains, and in that lonely and savage region which the aborigines rightly named Conyacraga, or the Dismal Wilderness, the larger portion of which has ...

    Article : 208 words
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