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THE MADMAN'S MARSH

... natives of Austra-1 lasian land and water. They commence with the outward voyage, which furnishes a picture of the curious jelly-fish, i known as the Portugueso man-of-war, and a sample of tho ' i power of digestion in a captured shark, the contents of ■ ...

Published: Saturday 13 April 1861
Newspaper: Leeds Times
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 7664 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

SWIMTMING OR FLYING

... water on a float and used paddles, has now lifted himself and an engine out of water and off the earth, to float in sir as a jelly-fish floats in the sea. Surely, the next step on the ladder to learning is to improve the shape of the float by studying fish ...

Published: Friday 10 April 1868
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2194 | Page: 1 | Tags: News 

ONE OF THE AMERICAN ILLUMINATE

... by themselves. Their pleasures are rough and boisterous; they wade about bare-legged in the pools of water, they fish for jelly-fish, which they bring into the drawing-room on a stick. While mere urchins tney learn to box, and they box with gloves before ...

LITERATURE

... can alwsans eat thesll i Bu, do not forgrst to put in plenty of psiris with them, for flikn to orubsist or1. Asenrores and jelly-fish aro ratier unsintorretirg, pots, burt it is riot ai bad plss to kcep a few iil your :%iarnuIeu, as they will alwass casll ...

EXTRACTS FROM PUNCH

... urchins, splashing and dancing in the water, and digging and delving on the bech. (For thoughts on Starfish see ante, Jelly.fish,) , Halt an. hour with Shell-Sfsb.-Perhapa the most delightful prospect of all, It is many a day since you have felt yourself ...

Published: Thursday 21 August 1873
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 938 | Page: 6 | Tags: News 

THE SMALLPORT MONTE-CRISTO

... the fifth volume of his wellinown work on the habits of the shrimp, including an argument as to the precise nature of the jelly-fish and its claims to rank rather among the brachiopodus mulluscs than the lammariferous zoophytes of the British Islands.' ...

Published: Saturday 30 August 1873
Newspaper: Leeds Times
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 4842 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

LADY KITTY,

... to ask questions. When I disobeyed, I got my ears boxed—like this. Do you ever remember swimming off the shore, have a jelly-fish strike your check ? You don't feel him, but you feel his sting. That was exactly my sensation at the moment. I felt a distinct ...

Published: Saturday 04 October 1873
Newspaper: Leeds Times
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 6333 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

[ill] YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION

... stand under polar cold, but tropical Lheat; men warranted to stand al climates. (Applause.) r They had had enough of the jelly-fish style of youngmen ?? endothertowns, young men who-passed from one denomination of Christians to another whom every- body ...

Published: Tuesday 30 December 1873
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 4410 | Page: 7 | Tags: News 

MISCELLANEOUS

... as well as when he started. Things went on well till 9.30, when Webb called cut that he had been stung on the shoulder by jelly-fish, and he asked for some brandy. At that time there was a perceptible weakening of his stroke, and it was feared that eight ...

Published: Saturday 28 August 1875
Newspaper: Leeds Times
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 11926 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

Some of the figure* above are truly remarkable. Banged according to magnitude of value, railways stand first; ..

... recover. Stinging] Jelly-Fishes.— Captain Webb told day or two ago, In the coarse of conversation, that whilst swimming across the Channel on the night of the 24tb of Angnst last, about 9 p.m., he was so badly stung on the shoulder by jelly-fish with which he ...

BEITIttH COLUMBIA

... joint of the floor, midnight horror come* upon the sleepers. meet man in flight with his bedding hie back. He tremble* like jelly-fish. What's tbe matter, friend?” Oh, I have got them,” said; •* got them bad.” * Got what *** Got the [dc/inaw tremm*]. The ...

Published: Saturday 23 October 1875
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1352 | Page: 12 | Tags: none