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  2. THROUGH THE KING’S EYES.

    After thirty years’ service as a forest officer in India I have many interesting memories to recall of men and women whom I have met. ...

    Article : 2,159 words
  3. IN OTHER LANDS. THE GIZA ZOO, NEAR CAIRO.

    The beautiful Zoological Gardens of Giza, which are situated on the road to the Pyramids, are over 52 acres in extent. They have become ...

    Article : 363 words
  4. THE CONQUEST OF THE AIR.

    By the appointment of a permanent committee of eminent naval, military, and scientific men for the organisation of the aerial defences of ...

    Article : 609 words
  5. INTERESTING ITEMS.

    If a cbamelon becomes blind, it loses its power to change its hue and remains a blackish colour. While an artesian well was being ...

    Article : 987 words
  6. RAT VERSUS WEASEL.

    On Sunday afterrfoon (writes a Naturalist), I was passing near a large factory which just borders town and country. The quiet of the first ...

    Article : 323 words
  7. BOUQUET FOR THE QUEEN.

    Surely, one of the most incongrous remarks ever addressed to Royalty was that which once reached the astonished ears of Queen ...

    Article : 248 words
  8. ANIMALS AT PLAY.

    All animals, from ants up to whales and elephants, play together in youth, and some are fond of taking such diversions at intervals ...

    Article : 438 words
  9. BANK CHEQUE THAT WAS STOLEN.

    An open cheque, drawn by an insurance company in satisfaction of a death claim, was once handed in at a London bank. After glancing at ...

    Article : 366 words
  10. HOW OUR EYES DECEIVE US.

    It is related of the famous John Stuart Mill that whilst staying at a country house (the late Lord Rowton, it is believed) wagered that he ...

    Article : 255 words
  11. THE COAST LIGHTS OF ENGLAND.

    The erection and management of lighthouses around her coasts are still in the hands of the most venerable and historic of English ...

    Article : 259 words
  12. A COSTLY TARGET.

    For some years an old wooden hulk named the "Howden," lay in the roadstead at Jamestown, St. Helena. Latterly, she had done duty ...

    Article : 390 words
  13. MAN WHO WAS UNFAIRLY TREATED.

    Sir Thomas Dewar tells an amusing story of an incident that befell him during an election campaign in St. George’s-in-the-East. A great ...

    Article : 303 words
  14. TALE OF THE CRIMEAN WAR.

    In Sir Evelyn Wood's "Reminiscences," a touching instance of courage and self-sacrifice is given One June day in 1855 a detachment of ...

    Article : 296 words
  15. SOMEBODY WOULD BE HURT.

    Patrick Murphy was preparing to go out on fair day, when his wife called out: "Pat, have yer got yer ...

    Article : 147 words
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