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7 - SATURDAY, AUGUST 9, 1879.

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Russia—our military forces have earned Parliamentary
recognition. The Indian Mutiny, the war with China,
the expedition to Abyssinia, the punishment of the
King of Ashantee—such have been the fields in
which our army had been occupied previously to the
march into Afghanistan, which earned the thanks of
both Houses of Parliament on Monday night. Next
-ession the forces in Zululand will receive a similar
honour at the hands of the Legislature; for we may
well hope and believe that the contest in South Africa
will be at an end long before the members mumble for
another year of legislative work.

THE FLOGGING QUESTION.—Tt has been usual
hitherto to manufacture the " cats" required for use
under the Naval aseipline Act on board the ships
upon which they would be subsequently used. Orders
hay 43 new been given for all implements of punish-
e.ent to be of one uniform pattern, and to be drawn in
sufficient quantities from the stores of the ducky -.rd st
which the ship may be fitting out to last, under the
ordinary circumstances, the usual period of a ship's
commicsion.
ACCLIMATIZATION OF QUAIL.-A. number of gentle.
men in Weerer3 Ontario (Canada) have procured a
hundred quail from the Mediterranean, which they
set at liberty about a fortnight ago. It is hoped that
some of these birds will breed in Canada this season,
go south in the autumn, and return again next spring.
In that case it is the intention of the same gentlemen
to import a still larger number, with a view to their
speedy multiplication. Their introduction can only
have for its object the diversity of sport, as quail of
a much larger size are plentiful in Western Canada
and the United States.
A BISHOP'S FARE.—The Birmingham Daily Gazette
gives the following bill of fare of a bishop :—White
fish for four or five months of the year, with stewed
rats ocessionally for a rare dainty, pemmican, deer's
tongue, moose nose, squirrel stew, roasted lynx or
beaver. A novel luxury is a cake made of seaweed,
poplar bark, herring spawn, bitter berries, seal oil
sauce, and the grease of the olikun fish. The prelate
who fares thus sumptuously is Bishop Bompaa, of the
diocese of Athabaska, in North America, who is the
chief pastor of the poor Indian hunters who in that re.
mote region obtain the furs and bearskins which
adorn our wives and daughters. He can preaeh in
nine laneuages, the very names of most of which would
be new to most.
A. NEW METAL.—From the Chemical News we learn
that a newly-discovered metal, Norwegium, has been
detected and isolated by Dr. Tellef Dahll in a sample
of copper-nickel from Kragero, in Skjmreaarden. The
colour of the pare metal is white, with a slight
brownish cast. When polished it has a perfectly
metallic lustre, but after a time it becomes covered
with a thin film of oxide. It can be flattened out in
an agate mortar, and in hardness it resembles copper.
The melting point is :150 deg. (3., and the specific
gravity 9.441. Its equivalent appears to be 1459,
Only one oxide, Ngo, has been obtained. With sub.
phuretted hydrogen it gives a brown sulphide, even in
strongly acid hydrochloric solutions, which redissolves
in ammonium nlphide. With a slight addition of
potassium ferrocyauide it gives a brown, but with
I.i.rgf:r proportions a green precipitate. The sulphuric
solution is tuned brown on the addition of zinc, and
the metal is deposited in a pulverulent state. The
solutions of this metal are blue, but become greenish
on dilution.

ESIENDATION.—TiIe h qui rer has a good story of
Professor Biackie. On the (boor of the Gieek Class-
room, Professor Blsckie, of Riinburgh, had occasioo
a few wceks ago to put up this notice :—" Professor
13)a-kie regrets he is unable to-day to meet his cla.ses."
A waggish stucleet, spying this, scraped out the initia
letter o_ last w,:rci of his Pentence, aryl made it
appear as if the Professor was regretful at his inability
to meet those fair specimens of humanity familiarly
known outside the College quadrangle as the "lasses"
But who can joke with Blackie? The keen-eyed old
man, noticing the prank that had been played on him,
quietly erased another letter, and left the following to
be read by whom it might concern :—" Professor
Blackie regrets he is unable to-day to meet his asses

From the statement made by the Chancellor con-
cerning the cost of the Zulu war, it appears that the
estimate made a few months ago has not been ex-
ceeded, and that half a million a month will represent
the expenditure incurred in carrying out the expedi-
tion against Cetywayo. This is far less than the cost
of the Abyssinian war, in 1867; whilst upon the other
hand, the Ashantee expedition represented an expen-
diture of only about £900,000. The expense of the
Afghan war was about two millions. With respect
ta the dispute with the Zulus and its results, the
distribution of the cost between this country and the
colonies, it will be of some interest to watch the
way in which the colonists treat it. If there
be any adequate justification for making India pay
Almost the whole cost of the Afghan war, there is
almoet a paramount claim of justice in requiring from
the cohnies in South Africa a subatantial contribution
in aid of the expenses of the Zulu war. Our troubles
in Afghanistan were at all events intimately connected
with the general policy of the empire. But the result
of the struggle in Zululand is of no direct benefit to
any one besides the South African colonist themselves
whose safety has, it is hoped, been thoroughly secured
by the defeat of the savage races whom they so long
'eared,

FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD.—On 11.114M3gat6'
Sands.—Literary Man's Bride (a recent additim to
his other responsibilities, breaking in upon his perusal
of the leaders for the sixth time in twelve minutes).
" I was just thinking, dear, what a relief this must
be to you after all the noise and confusion of that
horrid Fleet-street."—Tudy.
SETTLERS IN NORTH AMERICA.—Since the opening
of the season (which is reckoned from the middle of
May) and up to the second week in July, 406,255
au.es of land in the Canadian North-West have been
taken up by settlers, against 143,540 acres taken up
during the corresponding period last year. Altogether
1,359,458 acres of public lands have been converted
into homesteads since the tide of immigration began to
flow into Manitoba and the adjacent territories; nel„
judging from the present influx of population it te
estimated that between 10,000 and 15,000 soufs will
settle there during the present year.
MARRIAGE OF LORD E. TALBOT.—The marriage of
Lord Edmund B. Tathot, lltn Huesare, youngest 8011
of the seventeenth son of the Duke of Norfolk, with
the Hon. Mary Caroline Bertie, eldest daughter of
Lord Norreya, was solemnized on Tuesday at the
Church of the Oratory, Brompton, in the presence of
a large numbtr of the arist,cracy. The bride, who
was given away by her father, was attended by ten
bridesmaids, whilst the Hon. Marcus Howard act e,43 as
beat man to the bridegroom. The marriage ceremosy
was performed b 7 Cardinal Manning, aasisted by a;
large numbtr of the cler., yof his diecese. After the
signing of the register, and the celebration of the cus-
tomary nuptial Mass, the bride and bridegroom,
together with the invited guests, partook of breakfast
at the house of Lord Norreys in Eaton-place, where
the drawing-room tables were laid out with a vast and
valuable c 4leetion of wedding prements. After break.,
fast the bride and bridegroom took their departure,.
amidst the hearty comratniations of their friends, for
Slindon Cottage, Sussex, where they intend to pima
the honeymoon.
VERY FISHY.—Why is an oyster one of the most
unfortunate fellows in the world ?—Because his case is
always a hard one.—Judy.

A Fossil, MAN—A. fossil man has just been un-
earthe(l near the Taglaanie Falls on Cayuga Lake,
New York. Some alterations being made in the
grpunds of a restaurant proprietor, a large stone man
over six feet in height, was found about three feet
below the surface. The joints of his arms and legs
are very prominent, such as are possessed by double.
jointed persons, his frame is perfect except his left
foot, which looks like a hoof. His head is that of a
person of the feeblest intellect, the forehead sloping
back, the chin receding, and the crown and nose
shaped like those of an ape, the cheekbones, instead
of being high, as they should be when they accompany
such a shaped head, are unusually low. The man
was lying fiat on his back, with his legs crossed at the
knees, nearly forming a right angle. His right arm
was lying along his side, and the left across the
breast. He is to be carefully examined by c )mpetent
expel- s. _

BRAVERY AT SEA.—Captain John Daniels, master
of the West India and Pacific Company's Mail steamer
Californian, has been presented by the Liverpool Loca'i
Marine Board, on behalf of the Board of Trade, with
a silver medal for gallant conduct in saving the lives of
the crew of fourteen hands of the Londonderry barque
Ida, in April last. The Board of Trade have also
awarded bronze medals to the third officer and eight
of the crew of the steamer, who manned the boat on
the occasion; but owing to the absence of the
remainder, only two of the bronze medals were pre-
sented.

A VENIAL MISTAKE.—New Beantv (nnversed
yet in the mysteries of high life). "Who's that won-
derful old genth man ?"—The Captain. "Sir Digby
de Rigby, a Hampshire baronet; one of the oldest in
England ; James the First's creation, you know."—
New Beauty (determined to be surpri4ed at nothing).
'lndeed! Hw well preserved he is! I shouldn't
hai.7. thought him more than seventy or eighty !"
Punch.

i'OMEEICSATION FOR A DOG'S BITE —On Thursday
in last week an action in the Exchequer Division,
Newman v. Weeks," in which judgment bad gone
by default, was heard at the Middlesex Sheriff's Court,
to recover compensation for severe injuries from the
bite of a ferocious dog. The plaintiff was an omnibus
conductor at Bow, and on the 21st of September was
attacked by the defendant's dog while or,. his omnibus.
He was bitten in the leg, and was still unable to work.
The dog, it was stated, had bitten other conductors, '
and had been destroyed by order of the Police Com-
missioner. Mr. H. F. Dickens proved that the
plaintiff was attended by Dr. Chaple from September
to June, and his bill was £l6 14s. 6d. The doctor said '
he never would be able to be a conductor again.
The plaintiff described the attack, and said he was still
in a nervous state from the injuries he had received.
The defendant was a beershop-keeper and a leather
dresser. He had neither appeared nor pleaded. The
jury awarded £lOO damages, and added the doctor's
bill, making the verdict £ll6 14s. 6d.
A NOVEL SUBSTITUTE FOR PIGEONS.—It would
appear from a difficulty in getting pigeons and birds
for trap shooting in California that at a "shoot " at
Sacramento, where it had been proposed to try bats as
a substitute for birds for trap shooting, a number of
shooters were attracted to the ground, it being " ex-
pected that there would be much fun if not much
shooting." A little trap had been rigged up by attach- •
ing a tin cup to a lath, the cup having a cover so
arranged that, when the end of the lath was released
on the cord being pulled, the cover flew off, and the
bat was tossed into the air about eight feet. "As '
soon as the force of the trap was expended, the bat
steadied himself a portion of a second and then flew off
in the wobbling, zigzag style peculiar to the 'animal.'
There was no trouble experienced in trapping them,
the trapper wearing gloves." Oct of twenty bats shot
at one of the shooters managed to kill sixteen. Com-
menting on the subject, the Chicago Field says :
" Who knows but what before long we shall hear of
bats being generally substituted for pigeons, and of
bat culture becoming one of the important industries
of California, when will follow wholesale bat merchants
whose trade will be to supply retail bat merchants of
the East, which will necssitate the railroads building
bat cars, and of course will also follow a bat associa-
tion, whose meetings will be for developing the interest-
ing pursuit of bat culture and the mutual enlighten-
ment of each other on the habits and customs of thp
bat, how it can be made most prolific and yield the
largest revenue. On each and everyone of which points
we are now as blind as a bat."—Land and Water.
HARVEST TIMES --" C. W. J." writes to The
Times :—" I beg leave to enclose the following memo-
randa made by a practical farmer on a considerable
holding in West Suffolk."

WEATHER FORECASTS.—The following warning has.
been received at the London Office of the MID York
Herald, from the Herald Weather Bureau, New
York :—A depression now crossing the Atlantic; will
probably develope energy and arrive on the British
and Norwegian coasts between the 7th and 9th inst.,
attended by rains, south veering west strong winds
or gales, high temperature, possibly lightning.
TORPEDOES AND THE " GATLING."—There is the
old proverb, well known to all, that "necessity is the,
mother of invention," but that invention itself begets
invention is no less true. The invention of the torpedo
has necessitated the invention of weapons of defence
against those using it. The " Gatling " soon made its
necessity felt for service afloat as well as on shore.
But in its turn the " Gatling," if not actually super-
seded, has now to compete with others more or less of
its own species, such as the " Palmcrantz," "Engs-
trom," " Baranoff," "Hotchkiss," " Montigny," and
"Nordenfeldt." These guns are all introduced as
common enemies against torpedo boats, and according
to their estimated value have been taken up by every
Navy. Thus the "Gatling," " Nordenfeldt," and
" Palmcrantz " are the adopted by England. The
" Palmcrantz." and in some few cases the "Engstrom"
and " Baranoff," by Russia. The French incline to
the five-barrelled "Hotchkiss," the Italians to the
" Montigny," a weapon with thirty-one barrels; the
Swedes prefer the " Palmcrantz with four and ten
barrels, and the " Engstrom " of 1 2-3 inch calibre;
while the Americans carry light rifled guns of two
calibres, and the ordinary "Gatling." Thus, although
there are many weapons, each has its favourite. The
" Palmcrantz," one of the guns favourably looked upon
by our own Navy, is a powerful mitrailleuse, throwing
a ball that will pehetrate any present torpedo boat.—
United Service Gazette.

"LIKE A BEARD."—Youth. "Yes, it is curious I
have no beard; I can't think who I take after—MY
grandfather had a splendid one."—Hair cutter: "Oh,
perhaps you take after your grandmother."—Fun. ,
A QUICK JUROR —An American jadge tells an
amusing story of the way that a juror "went for" a
conviction. He says he was trying a murder-case a
few years ago down in one of the wire-grass counties,
and experienced great difficulty in getting a jury.
Eleven jurors had been sworn in, and in the next
panel was brought in a small, lean, lank, cadaverous-
looking fellow, who had on only one shoe, his pants.
being nearly above his knees, his shirt open both front
and back, and the aforesaid pants held up by a single
brace. The solicitor proceeded to ask the usual ques-
tions in such eases, as follows: "Have you, from
having seen the crime committed, or having heard any,
of the teetimony delivered under oath, formed or ex-
pressed any opinion as to the guilt or innocence of the
prisoner at the bar?" The single-brace fellow, in a
clear and distinct voice, answered, " Not any." "Have
you any prejudice or bias resting on your mind lor or
against the prisoner at the bar?" "I haint."
your mind perfectly impartial between the State and
the accused?" "It air.' "Are you conscientiously
opposed to capital punishment?" "I isn't." The
judge did not like the juror much, but, it being late,
and jurors scarce, he was "put upon" the prisoner in
the usual manner, the solicitor saying, "Juror, look
upon the prisoner; prisoner, look upon the juror."
The juror was quite near the prisoner, and when this
command was given he bent over him, scanning him
from head to foot intently for some minutes; he then
turned to the judge, and said, in a firm, solemn voice,
"Yes, judge, I think he's guilty."
EXTRAORDINARY PIGEON FLYING. Seven pigeons
beloeging to the London Columbian Society were
dispatched from near Penzance at 6.16 a.m. on Mon-
day. The filet arrived in London at 11.40 a.m.,
having aecomplished the distance of nearly 330 miles
Sh. 24e1i0. The secend aid third birds were
llmin. and 25min. later.- At 7,5 a.m four pigeons
belonging to the Hawk and Pigeon Society, London,
were dispatched from the same place, and the first ar•
rived in London at 12.5, the time occupied being five
hours; the second and third birds were
_3min. and
15min. leter.
THE GRANDEUR OF ANCESTRY.—In a letter to the
Burlington Hawkeye, Mr. Burdette, the humorist,
says Speakiug of relics, just before we reached
Portsmouth, a man entered into conversation with me.
He said, " You are from the West?" I murmured
something about vast, illimitable, Zee, an the man
said, "Yours is a new country—a new country—a
n-e-tv country." Yes, I told him, it was new; but it
was the only one we had, and accordingly we wore it
on Sundays and week-days alike, worked and went te
parties in it, and it would soon look a thousand years
old. "We," the man said, "come down from the
venerable mists of antiquity. It is a glorious thought."
Yes, I sai4, but I wasn't pleasant. I was in Boston
four days, and it east-winded and rained three of them.
It was misty enough, but it spoiled the prospect.
, "My ancestors," he said, "came over in the *V-
I /lower; but yours —," And he looked at me with a
rising infh:ction. I tried to slay him with a look of
silent scorn, but it missed fire. "Your ancestors, I
take it," said the man, "Did not come over in the
Mayflower?" And then T turned upon him. "Sir,"
I remarked, "this Mayflower, I take it, was a sailing
ship." "It was," he mei vainly endeavouring to stifle
his emosioh." " Then' " I said, haughtily, "most
assuredly my ancestors did not come over in the /leap
flower, It has never been the misfortune of my family
to be compelled to take passage on any ship of the
merchant marine. My ancestors came over in *
Cunard steamer, first cabin, no steerage passengers
carried, only ten days from Liverpool, and the miniete
after they landed in New York they went straight Of
to Mrs. Astor's tavern, and took front rooms on the
parlour floor." I thought I had crashed that man. .
MUSHROOM Sence.—Upatarts' impudence,—fun.
POULTRY•KEKIING.—Amid the entertaining and
cheerful pages of the Leisure Hour for this month,
there is given a little lesson in poultry-keeping, which
shows plainly that fowls may be kept with both plea.
sure and profit. The writer thus summarises hie
first rear's experience :—We began with 26 fowls,
bough*. 20 more, and brought up 16 chickens, making
,in all 6e, We sold 29 and lost 7, se ended the peer,
with the same number we began with, but of a more'
'valuable breed, and with 20 fine chickens in A most
flourishieg condition. During the year we sold 10
eggs. Wreeu our accounts were audited at the end
of the twelvemonth we found that after deducting
48., one year's interest at 5 per cent, on the
capital (2.1), and carrying 108. 43, to the reserve
fund, El was left to be divided between the two
shareholders. We could easily have made a larger
profit by rearing more chickens, bat we have gained
much experience, which will be of great use in future;
The food cost about a id. a-head a week. We fea
them well but carefully measured out the food to pre.
vent waste and over-feeding. In the morning the,
had barley-meal or sharps, with bran and the kitches
refuse mixed up warm; and before going to roost tiler
had barley alone, or barley and Indian corn. We will
found it necessary to feed them twice a day. The re'
suit is that poultry can be made profitable, It ill
arivis Able to hatch out chickens in March or early kerl
April, so that they will begin to lay as soon as their,
naniltiog ie over, and to weed the steck before moult'
hie, begins, killing off the least profitable fowls while
they are Ptil fit ft the table.
RAILWAY PLATFORMS. —The Me/baurne Argus San:
—" Tao arreagement nnder which west are calle‘•
barrier tickets' ate isatied for 6d. each at the Spencer' e
Atr-et ..nv,ble friends aecorgy
' ' pazstwogela to go ito-1,3e the bailie:
opereaun LiLki 6..1.. During thibee
time 33 of these tickets have been sold, or a do7ie
• average of between three and lour. The Minister. 4
Railways Bays that if he had been guided solely by to,
number of complaining letters that used to appear,'
the press ah •ut the b,rrier he would have expeotes
very much greater demand for these tickets. Alla
matter of fact, hewever, he is :not surprised at rOw
small utizabur usautid."

Began Closed
Harvest. Harvest.
1858 .. July 19 .. Aug. 26
1859 .. July 16 .. Aug. 26
1860 .. Aug. 13 .. Oct. 4
1841 .. Aug. 1 .. Aug. 29
1862 .. July 31 .. Sept. 8
1863 July 24 .. Aug. 2Q
1864 .. July 30 .. Aug. 27
1865 .. July 14 .. Sept. 2
, 1866 .. July 28 .. Sept.2Q
1867 Aug. 2.. Sept. 14
168 .. July 13 .. Aug. 13
A GLORIOUS DAY.—The number of killed and
wounded in the celebration of Independence Day in
America this yeur was just under a thousand. The
first victim was tee Dean of the Protestant Episcopal
Theological Seminary, shot dead in the College
grounds, while taking a moonlight walk, by some in.
cautious patriot anticipating the glorious dawn; and
the next a well-known writing master—Oliver Gold-
smith—who prudently resolved to go to his office at
seven a.m. to escape the crowd, and was
shot in the back on his doorstep. An unfortu-
nate lady had her dress set on fire by crackers, and
was hut ned to death in the streets at Mattawan.
In the Quaker City, the Philadelphia Record says,
"the day was celebrated in a very sensible way, and
thus enumerates the remits of this special prudence :
Livery stable burned, 1; explosions in cigar stores, 3;
burned roofs, 4; dwellings burned out, 2; dwellings
partially burned out, 6. Accidentally shot himself—
In the head, 2; in the thigh, 3; with a horse pistol,
2 ; in the eye, 2 ; in both eyes, 3' in the hand, 18 ; in
the foot, 4; in the leg, 5-38. Kicked by a mule, 2;
stabbed with hhoemaker's knife, 1; arm crushed on
railroad, 1; drowned while bathing, 1; severely beaten,
6: explosion of pistol, 4; burned about body, 10;
thumbs blown off, 3; fell out of window while looking
at fireworks, 1; killed by a stray bullet, 1; attempted
suicide (probable success), 1; accidents from cannon
crackers, 8; fights, unenumerated.

Began Closed
Harvest. Harvest.
1869 .. Aug. 2 .. Sept. 21
1870 .. July 16 .. Aug. 25
1871 .. Aug. 3 .. Sent. 13
1872 .. July 31 .. Sept. 10
1873 .. Aug. 2 ...Sept. 13
1874 .. July 27 .. Aug. 27
1875 .. Aug. 4 .. &pt. 7
1876 .. Aug. 2 .. Sept. 12
1677 .. Aug. 4 .. Sept. 27
1873 .. July 30 .. Sept. 11

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NATION/LL ART COMPETITION, SOUTH KENSINGTON.
—At the annual exhibition of the works entered for
this competition now opened to the public in the
Central Hall of the galleries on the south of the Royal
Horticultural Society's Gardens, South Kensington,
there are about 1,100 works selected from about 14,200
sent up from 145 Schools of Art throughout the king-
dom. The subjects of the competition are figure draw-
ing and modelling, painting in oil and water-colon
and design, especially as applied to manufactures.
prizes awarded are 10 gold medals, 45 silver medals,
of,
77 bronze medals, and 168 books. The Princess
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national competition. Besides these distinction;
which are awarded by the Science and Art Depart-
ment, prizes are given annually in convection with the
national competition for specified subjects of design by
the Plasterers' Company, for designs for plasterers'
work drawn in monochrome or modelled in plaster,
The Owen Jones memorial prizes are given by the
Society of Arts.
RAILWAY ACcIDENTS IN 1878.—From tlø general
report to the Board of Trade on accidents upon the
railways of the United Kingdom &Hug 1878 it ap-
pears that the total number of persons returned to the
Board of Trade as having been killed in the working
of the railways during the year was 1,053, and the
number injured 4,007. Of these 125 persons killed and
1,752 persons injured were passengers. Of the re
mainder 544 killed and 2,003 injured were officers or
servants if the railway companies or of contractors;
and 384 killed and 252 injuries were trespassers
and suicides and other persons who met with
accidents at level - crossings or from miscel-
laneous causes. Of the ae
psengers according to
the returns made to tne Board of Irrade, 24 were
killed and 1,173 were injured from accidents to trains.
In addition to the above, the companies have reterned
59 persons killed and 2,150 injured from accidents
which occurred on their premises but in which the
movement of vehicles was not concerned, and which
consequently cannot be considered as " railway
aecident..." The proportion of passengers returned as
killed and injured from causes beyond their own con-
trl was one in 23,540,060 killed and one in 481,600
injured. The proportion of the persona killed showed
a large increase upon the previous ear.
A DOG " STOBY."—A fe w months ago I made the
acquaintance of a dog, which, I think, is worthy of a
place among the dogs, and cats, and rats, and mules
that are helping the pages of Nature to determine the
degree and kind of animal intelligence. " Priest's "is
a hotel on the way from the Calaveras Grove of Big
Trees to the Yosemite. In former years, on the arrival
of the stage, the landlady would send the dog to the
poultry yard to catch chickens for the tourists' dinner.
Now, the dog "takes time by the forelock." The
stage is duo at six o'clock. About five o'clock the dog
sau .tars leieurely down the read 11l he meets the
stage, he then hounds back t' the poultry ard, catches.
chickens, bites their heads off, and takes them to the
cook! The number of chickene he hills bears a relation
to the number of passengers he saw in the stage. A
gentleman who was stooping at the hotel for a few
days went Into the woods 'one afternoon with a gun.
When he returned, the dog came to him in much
excitement to see what game he had taken. Finding
his hands and his bag empty, the dog ran into the
forest and returned in less than an hour with a bird,
which he gave, with an air of compassion, to the un•
skilled htuitai—Naturos

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