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  2. Vixen.

    WHILE Vixen was perambulating the garden a bell rang in a cupola on the roof; and, as this sounded like the summons to a meal, she felt that politeness, if not appetite, demanded her ...

    Article : 3,699 words
  3. Stories of the Zulu War.

    THE special war correspondent of the Natal Times, writing from Kambula Camp on 17th April, tells the following strange story:— Since last writing from here, naturally the chief ...

    Article : 1,967 words
  4. Snake Stories.

    THE rock python, commonly called carpet snake, is a huge, lazy, and comparatively harmless species of the snake tribe. In some parts of the colonies they attain an immense age and ...

    Article : 668 words
  5. An Explorer's Diary.

    OUR ill luck was still in the ascendant: we got a bad line of country; the appearance of showery weather disappeared, and it was evident that our chance had not yet arrived. There was not a ...

    Article : 2,031 words
  6. Fish and Fishing Reminiscences.

    IN my last paper the fresh-water mullet and their habits were spoken of; and before leaving them I would make some remarks as to the aboriginal methods of catching this wary fish. ...

    Article : 1,051 words
  7. Of Certain Snakes. The Heron.

    MR. K. H. BENNETT, to whom we are indebted for previous contributions to these columns, has favored us with a letter on the above subject, which by reason of its great length we are ...

    Article : 835 words
  8. " A. M. G.'s " Snake Stories.

    SIR,—I have read with much interest the many valuable papers on the natural history of Queensland by "A Bush Naturalist," and, judging from the number of contributors who have been ...

    Article : 754 words
  9. Snakes. Laughing Jackass.

    IN the descriptions of snakes given by " Bush Naturalist " I see no mention of a snake which is not uncommon about here, though I have never seen it anywhere else. The snake to which ...

    Article : 378 words
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