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  2. KANGAROOING.

    The sport of chasing the kangaroo may be said to be one of the institutions of Australian country life, and as, from the absence of other game, the marsupial is about the only wild animal to be hunted, the sport is one that is keenly followed ...

    Article : 336 words
  3. AERIAL NAVIGATION

    We give an engraving of a new flying machine, designed by Professor Baranowski, a small model of which has been repeatedly tried with success in St. Petersburg, Russia. The apparatus is thus described by the Revue Militaire, of ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,268 words
  4. A HOMF-MADE WIND-MILL.

    In view of the great importance attached to the subject of irrigation, we reproduce from a former issue a homemade wind-mill, with full particulars as to manufacture and working. We know two of our subscribers who have ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 591 words
  5. NEW CHIMNEY CAP AND VENTILATOR.

    We give an engraving of a novel and simple chimney cap recently patented by Mr. William D. Bartlett, of Amesbury, Mass. It is designed to meet all the conditions necessary to the perfect working of a chimney or ventilator, and works ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 224 words
  6. VIEWS IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    The pastoral and mineral resources of Western Australia are being developed rapidly, and there are indications that it will not be long before it vies with Queensland as a field for the investment of capital. Sparsely populated as it is, it offers ...

    Article : 617 words
  7. LIVING CHESS.

    Our illustration will vividly recall to the memory of Adelaide sightseers the exhibition of Spectacular Chess produced at the Town Hall on the 20th December, 1882, and continued for some weeks there. A similar exhibition of chess played ...

    Article : 341 words
  8. TOWER-HILL LAKE, KOROIT. VICTORIA.

    The Western district of the colony, while claiming to be the most fertile portion of Victoria, has many claims to the picturesque, and the well-known Tower Hill is one of the prettiest places that can be visited by the excursionist. A ...

    Article : 192 words
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