MARLBOROUGH COLLEGE. 



Man}- ciphers would be required to write down in round numbers, 

 the years which have passed since the "Great Stone'' was deposited 

 in my field, but even then our village site was old ; though the small 

 group of stars which are shining through my window now, and by 



THE MAMMOTH. 



A former inhabitant of our village site. 



which I have often guided my boat upon the Ganges, may have been 

 visible on clear nights, and puzzled primeval man to count. 



*Qu(B septem did, sex tatnen esse solent. 



* The story of a missing Pleiad, originated 1 believe from an optical delusion, caused by the peculiar 

 position of the stars which form the group. Viewed together they appear seven. The star-gazer perhaps does 

 not notice them again for some time, and then counting them he not unnaturally exclaims that one is missing, 

 as he can only find six (Of course I do not allude to professional star-gazers or astronomers.) 



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