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are very peculiar; the former are of great strength and bulk; 
hand and foot must be used in propelling the latter—deeply 
notched, but not feathered. The writer was much pleased to see 
-a lady teacher from Fruitland bringing recently, by appointment, 
a numerous body of her pupils, on two) occasions, to see the Mu- 
seum, and on pointing out a few things from the Andamans and 
elsewhere, Miss, or Mrs., MacKenzie gave the boys and. girls con- 
siderable information on the geographical position of the places 
mentioned, which, no doubt, was more deeply impressed on the 
memory of the scholars than if the remarks had been made to the 
classes elsewhere. 
The matter recalled an anecdote of a naval officer, related 
many years ago: The captain of an English war-ship visited an 
island in the South Pacific, then little known. On his return to 
England he published an interesting account of the place itself 
and its savage inhabitants. It attracted the notice of the Royal 
Geographical Society, London, which was pleased to make him 
a member of their scientific society. He must have felt grateful 
for the honor conferred. When he obtained promotion, he be- 
came one of the Lords of the Admiralty, and, wishing to do some- 
‘thing in return for the society’s kindness, he caused instructions 
to be given that whenever visits were paid to lands little known | 
the manners and customs of the natives should be recorded under 
the printed heads of the accompanying forms. In due course of 
time, intelligence reached him of the arrival of a ship which had 
been employed for some years on special duty in eastern waters. 
As soon as the reports were received the Admiral enquired at the 
office for Captain B——.’s particularly, and as he was much in- 
terested in the manners and customs of the natives of Andam, 
or Borneo, we can fancy his disappointment when he found in the 
hand-writing of the worthy skipper the blank columns filled with 
this recorded opinion: Manners—‘‘They have none;’’ Customs, 
““Very beastly.’’ 
When the snow disappeared, the writer visited the ploughed 
fields near the city and along the brow of the escarpment, for 
some distance beyond the reservoir. The frost penetrated but 
