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returning them to their owners. How long is this to be 

 allowed to go on under the eyes of the authorities ? 



" The watchmaker's appearance is as follows : Middle 

 height, fair, grey eyes, brown full beard, round shoulders, 

 and generally delicate-looking. 



" A. JUELL.* 



"The person above notified was in our office yesterday, 

 asking for work, and we consider it right to add the 

 following particulars as completing the description. He 

 generally goes about with a pack of mongrel curs at his 

 heels ; he chews tobacco, and of this his beard shows 

 traces. This is all we have to say, as we did not consider 

 ourselves either entitled or called upon to put him under 

 the microscope. 



" ED. Framsjaa." 



" Yesterday's observation placed us in 79 o' north 

 latitude, 139 14' east longitude. At last, then, we have 

 got as far north again as we were in the end of 

 September, and now the northerly drift seems to be 

 steady : 10' in 4 days. 



Monday, December nth. This morning I took a 

 long excursion to westward. It is hard work struggling 



This signature proved to be forged, and gave rise to a lawsuit so 

 long and intricate that space does not permit an account of it to be 

 given. 



