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  2. RELIGIOUS DOINGS IN SYDNEY.

    We have been expecting for months past to see something like a commencement of the long projected alterations in St. James's Church. We are at a loss to know whether any degree of blame for their non-performance ...

    Article : 2,186 words
  3. GLEANINGS ABOUT OTHER COUNTRIES.

    Roses may be said to excel all the beauties of nature. Ghazipore may be called the paradise of India. Ghazipore stands on the north bank of the Ganges, about 70 miles by water ...

    Article : 243 words
  4. THE SPOUTING HORN AT KAUL.

    A remarkable curiosity exists at the waterside at Koloa. It is called the whale, or spout ing horn, and is formed by a ledge of rocks, which extends a short distance into the ocean, ...

    Article : 231 words
  5. GERMAN WOMEN.

    In my way from Spa, I saw a woman thrashing in a barn with a man; she beat her time well, and laid it on as hard as her part Her. This, I think, nearly makes up the list ...

    Article : 109 words
  6. POLYGAMY IN TURKEY.

    Minute attention is paid to all points of etiquette, and the utmost impartiality is observed in the distribution of presents or other marks of favour in order to obviate jealousies. For, ...

    Article : 446 words
  7. THE DYING ARAB.

    The Arab is great and admirable at the hour of death. I have seen many Arabs die, but never did I see one beg his life or utter any unmanly complaint. When his hour is come, ...

    Article : 301 words
  8. HOLLAM'S BIRD ISLAND.

    The following is an extract of a letter from the steward of the Glenswilly, of this port, which vessel proceeded in search of guano after Ichaboe had been cleared:—"Hollam's Bird ...

    Article : 451 words
  9. FIELD-LABOUR NEAR SALERNO.

    The fields, being without fences, have an open look; and the mingling of men and women together in their cultivation give them a chequered appearance, and render them very ...

    Article : 248 words
  10. A VILLAGE IN THE AIR.

    Moffat, in his travels, says:—"Having travelled one hundred miles, five days after leaving Mostega, we came to the first cattle outposts of the Matabeel, where we halted by a ...

    Article : 501 words
  11. FUNERALS OF MEXICAN CHILDREN.

    In Mexico the prevailing feeling is that the infant, when baptized cannot die too soon. The death of young children is celebrated as an occasion of joyfulness, because the souls of ...

    Article : 261 words
  12. JUGGLERS OF INDIA.

    The rope-dancers, serpent-tamers, and sword swallowers of Madras are celebrated throughout India. They will leap over elephants and even five camels standing side by ...

    Article : 110 words
  13. HINDOO SMASHERS.

    The practice of "smashing," or passing off base moneys, among the Hindoos, differs from that which is pursued by the utterers of contraband coin in this our own country. The ...

    Article : 370 words
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