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SCIENCE. 



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■down with terrific force, serious enough to the unhappy human 

 being or animal struck with the flat of the foot, but much worse 

 if the victim be caught and ripped by the toe. Instances are 

 known of men being killed outright by a single kick, and Mr. An- 

 drew remembers, whilst on a visit in the neighborhood, that on a 

 farm near Graaff Reinet a horse's back was broken by one such 

 blow aimed at its rider. If attacked, a man should never seek 

 safety in flight; a few yards and the bird is within striking dis- 

 tance, and the worst consequences may result. The alternative is 

 to lie flat on the ground, and submit with as much resignation as 

 possible to the inevitable and severe pummelling which it may be 

 expected will be repeated at intervals until a means of escape pre- 

 sents itself, or the bird affords an opportunity of being caught by 

 the neck, which, if tightly held and kept down, prevents much 

 further mischief. Under such circumstances, however, Mr. An- 

 drew has known a bird, with a badly-calculated kick, strike the 

 back of its own head, scattering the brains — "a serious loss of 

 valuable property to the farmer." 



— Messrs. Tiffany & Co. have on exhibition a gold medal, 

 weighing 4,396 grains, that was struck by order of the Prussian 

 government as a recognition of the services rendered to science by 

 Alexander von Humboldt. The medal is two and a half inches in 

 diameter. On one side is the head of Alexander von Humboldt, 

 with the name above, and the date, 1847, below, in Latin letters. 

 This is interesting because the die has been so given the appear- 

 ance of undercutting that the reverse of the head can be seen on 

 the polished surface of the medal. On the reverse side are the 

 signs of the Zodiac arranged around the edge, and in the centre 

 is a figure of Science, with the right hand unveiling a Goddess of 

 Plenty. From the other hand is a line and plummet, sounding 

 the depths of the sea, in which are dolphins and other forms of 

 marine life. On the border, in minute letters, are the names of 

 the designer, the renowned fresco painter, P. von Cornelius, and 

 the artist who cut the die, K. Fischer. This is the original medal 

 given to Humboldt. The only duplicate was given to the king at 

 the time it was made. 



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