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LONG SHOTS . 235 



INFLUENCE OF MARRIAGE ON THE DEATH-KATE .... 240 

 TUB TOPOGRAPHICAL SURVEY OF INDIA . . . . .246 



A SHIP ATTACKED BY A SwORD-FlSH 258 



THE SAFETY-LAMP 261 



THE DUST WE HAVE TO BREATHE . . . . . .267 



PHOTOGRAPHIC GHOSTS 269 



THE OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE KOWING STYLES . . . .271 

 BETTING ON HORSE EACES ; OR THE STATE OF THE ODDS . . 276 



SQUARING THE CIRCLE 290 



A NEW THEORY OF ACHILLES' SHIELD . 299 



