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... NATURE NOTES. AN ELEPHANT'S An elephant works from Hie age of tweiv• to the age of eighty. He can haul fifteen tons, lift half a ton, and carry three tons on his back without any trouble. Tata Brea Bstas Sim Madagascar is the home of s bosh which bears ...
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... NATURE NOTES. AsoV ALL. ' What bird reecho' the greatest' height , if flight, The condor, undoubtedly, asserts a neutralist in spegaing gf . the feats of iiigh•flyine birds. This hdge creature of 'the Andes lilts itself to a height where no sound is ...
... NATURE NOTES. THE ABBOTSBURY SWANS. There aro more than a thousand imams at Abbotabury, living a perfectly natural life, and none of them pinioned. The result is (says the County Gentleman) that the visitor sees, what it is not possible to see on the ...
... NATURE NOTES. SHELTER PLANTATIONS. Before the Newcastle Farmers' Club, on Saturday, Mr. h. C. Forbes read he a onl paper on Shelter Plantations Plantations for Cattle. Ty to shelter belts, he said, was buildings, and these were too expensive. His idea ...
... NATURE NOTES. A TIRED MOUSE. A good story is told by a Sheffield cyclist, who is willing to take hie oath that every word is the truth. hung his bicycle from the ceiling of his cellar, and not far from a swing shelf on which food was kept. A mouse jumped ...
... NATURE NOTES. Tim The sorrowful tree, which grow* en the island of Goa, near Bombay, is so caned because it bas a drooping, sad appearance during the daytime; its aspect changing se the sun goes down. Then its leaves open and fragrant blossoms appear ...
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... NATURE NOTES. THE QUAIL. In our own country this well-known bird was formerly much more common than it is at the present day. Less than a century ago the quail was found in great numbers in many parts of the country, where its appearance now is considered ...
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... NATURE NOTES, sIGNALLERS PRIZRA LarCe•Eargesot Cooke Lance-Cos viral Martin 41. Private Cott .ri.l Per:jilts 4/ . HAL'S 4/. „ W Rairsd:le Bird aed Private Thomas were the winners of the Rifle Priz's and two apktbdid specimens of workmanship were presented ...