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THE SPOOR OF BIG GAME

... . THE white man can never hope to compete successfully with the black man in following the spoor of big game. One would imagine that an animal possessing the weight of a rhinoceros, would leave such an imprint upon the ground that it would he impossible to lose it. But wait till the rhinoceros walks over stony ground, and you will he nonplussed in less than five minutes; your shikari, however, ...

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Pomp

... . Give me Health and a Day, and I will make the of Emperors ridiculous.' Emerson. J: As an illustration of the BENEFICIAL EFFECTS of ENO'S FRUIT SALT,'! give you particulars of the case of one of my friends. His whole life was clouded by the want of vigorous health, and SLUGGISH LIVER, and its concomitant BILIOUS HEADACHES so affected him, that he was obliged to live upon only a few articles ...

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FENCES AND HURDLES

... f yJk I AFTER having had such a long spell of gloriously open weather for the participation in racing under National Hunt Rules, hunting, and coursing, it was a trifle cruel to receive such a sudden and unexpected check in the shape of frost; and those patrons of racing under Jockey Club Rules who are airing themselves in the genial atmosphere of Nice, Monte Carlo, &c., are doubtless laughing ...

Covers

... rnVSK&TOH No. 314.-- Vol. XXV. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1899 ...

Published: Wednesday 01 February 1899
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 9 | Page: Page 1 | Tags: Covers  Illustrations 

BOTH SIDES OF THE CASE

... Is it worth while to buy the Encyclopaedia Britannica When a man asks himself whether it is worth while to buy a book, the burden of proof day to day. But, on the whole, the world's doings yield sound food for thought, and every 1 rests upon the book, and not upon the purchaser. I man who reads his newspaper, and thinks about what he reads in it, is using his mind to good ine vis inertias, the ...

Published: Wednesday 01 February 1899
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 2117 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: Illustrations