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  2. HUNTING THE BLUE WHALE.

    The whale is sighed as a rule several unites off, and is easily recognised by the cloud of vapour it blows. The prow of the whaler is immediately ...

    Article : 315 words
  3. THE MOTOR CAR.

    The motor-cars of to-day may be divided into three classes, according to the means used for their propulsion-Oil, steam and electrical. Of ...

    Article : 500 words
  4. THE MOURNING FAN.

    The philosopher Tchonan-Tee came home one afternoon in a very moody state of mind. Tchonan-Tee had been one of the ...

    Article : 3,935 words
  5. DEAD CRABS AS WEATHER PROPHETS.

    A curious barometer is said to be used by the remnant of the Araucarian race, which inhabits the southernmost province of Chill. This strange ...

    Article : 94 words
  6. FRUITS THAT HAVE ND SEEDS.

    Among the fruits that have no seeds are the banana, pine apple and navel orange. These all once produced seeds, but the habit of ...

    Article : 99 words
  7. THE LADIES OF ANCIENT GREECE,

    A comparison between the complicated and artificial devices of a woman's t[?] of the present time and that of her Greek sister of a few thousand years past would be deeply ...

    Article : 453 words
  8. THE COLD OF OPHIR.

    Professor Keane, in recent numbers of "Rhodesia," brings forward evidence to prove that Ophir was a port on the South Arabian coast, now ...

    Article : 468 words
  9. SOME REMARKABLE TREES.

    One would hardly expect to find anything like saop growing on trees; yet such a thing is to be found both in tropical South America and in the ...

    Article : 566 words
  10. FROM SOUTH AFRICA.

    A correspondent of the "Regiment" writes:—While I was stationed at South Africa, the 11th Hussars, who were next to us, had a pig as a ...

    Article : 214 words
  11. CLEARED OUT THE OFFICE

    Anyone who has known what it is to wait day after day in some out of the world nook for letters which were all the time safely reposing in some neglected corner of a sleepy ...

    Article : 344 words
  12. THE FASTEST FISH.

    The dolphin is said to be Able to travel on an emergency at a speed of considerably over 20 miles an hour. For a short distance, the salmon can ...

    Article : 83 words
  13. NO LONGER DRY.

    Two sportsmen were on a journey on a hot summer' day, when one remarked: "Have you anything with you, ...

    Article : 131 words
  14. MORE EXAMINATION GEMS.

    What is a circle?—A circle is a round straight line with a hole in the middle of it Mention the two famous volcanoes of Europe.—Sodom and Gomorrah. ...

    Article : 276 words
  15. WHERE TIN COMES FROM.

    Up to about 40 years ago Cornwall supplied nearly all the tin used in the world, but now only about seven per cent of the total supply comes from ...

    Article : 168 words
  16. HE REMEMBERED.

    Judge: "The evidence against you is of the flimsiest kind—but, by the bye, I seem to know your face. Have you been here before?" ...

    Article : 154 words
  17. WEIGHT OF A MOHTH'S FOOD.

    It may not he generally known that it is estimated that a man cats his own weight "every month—that is, a mass of matter equal to the entire ...

    Article : 117 words
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