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  2. Lion Hunting in Algeria.

    THE Algerian lion differs from that of Southern Africa even in a greater degree than the latter does from the Asiatic one, which is sometimes called the maneless lion of Guzerat, from the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 2,049 words
  3. The Prince Imperial's Death in Zululand.

    WE are favoured by Colonel Davies, of the Grenadier Guards, commanding at Fort Newdigate, in Zululand, with a sketch drawn at his request by Major Marter, of the King's Dragoon Guards (the officer who has ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 531 words
  4. "YOU KNOW."

    I am "quite too delighted" (another modern phrase, though I think it occurs in Cecilia) to find myself called upon by "Hermentrude" as an ally in any ...

    Article : 587 words
  5. Notes and Queries. WHO WAS GOVERNOR READY

    SIR,—Under the head of "Curiosities," at page 83 of "The Australian Dictionary of Dates," there is a vessel mentioned called the Governor Ready, in the year 1829. ...

    Article : 113 words
  6. A CENTENARIAN IN THE HEBRIDES.

    The following are from our English contemporary: —The following, from a recent number of the GLASGOW HERALD, should, I think, find a place in "N. & Q.":— ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 217 words
  7. South Head, Port Jackson.

    THE ceremony of laying the foundation stone of the new Macquarie Lighthouse, at South Head, Sydney, formed the subject of an illustration in this journal last week; and we now give herewith a ...

    Article : 467 words
  8. POPULAR SUPERSTITIONS.

    I had a family in my parish in West Somerset, which numbered seven daughters, and people came from far and near to be touched by the youngest of them for the king's evil. The practice was only ...

    Article : 63 words
  9. DO TOWERS ROCK TO THE WIND?

    I believe they do. Church towers rock when the bells are in full swing; and I remember being told, when I went over the lighthouse at St. Mary's in the Scilly Isles, that if this granite-built structure, with ...

    Article : 302 words
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