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to work in till the whole crop was taken wee We seen the garden of the sm Bishop of Winchester, Farn- , selves, personally, a although we lived two months in their 
killed two birds with one stone Our roots are nen ham | parm Of this pe notice will be found in | habitat, which was in this case as sharply defined as in 
and the ground is in fine ee for the par crop. Ji another column. The next meeting was marhara for | many others, for the south bank of the Chobe was infested 
ee to R. 0. L. Bevan, Esq., Trent Parks February mt at 2P by them, and the northern bank, where our cattle were 
Kast Barnet, nee plaeed, only 5 distant, contained not a single 
Gardeners Béneo olent Institution. —Being a sub- Wotices of Books specimen. This was the most remarkable, as we often 
seriber to this Some I paies tt the net a “poll: - saw nat ves carrying over raw meat to the opposite 
: r”? which shows that a e next ann eee : . | bank with many tsetse settled upon it. The 
we ee thixe is vy be an election of four pensioners. — nore Pal ag M, South A 687, not seem to ee injected nae sting, or by ova placed 
looking over the list of cane of which there wit h i ta pistes vo, Murray, pp. | the skin, for when one is allowed to feed freely 
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scribed one farthing to the funds. Now surely this is There is.nothing in: the hag, of Of apom mae | rt portions, tate sehnhe the proboscis di divides, some- 
very unjust ; zo gb om many of by ann " subseribers It ca: | what deeply into the true skin; it then draws it outa 
liane to'sirugg o to spare the sum of one guinea, aniol ~ i , | p haegt ee sets: = e man- 
; plorers.. For 16 long years this extraordinary man | 4: eb 
urse is: made them all in the hope | b rayed the petils of thirst and jasad foyer and besti- | dibles come into 
risk operation 
i. lives are spared’ they may one day: receive | shrunken bell lke out, and if left entaiaied the 
the fruits of their labour, but to find that the majority lence un er a. burning, sun, amidst ferocious wild | fly quietly tit when it is full. A’ slight i 
of the (eons oa for es = non-subsoribers animals, and ae aiaa inhabitants of regions arte irritation f Ae i bub not’enede thhiii tte ston b ning 
causes m air. were confined missionary he passed year by:y : m In the ox, this same bite produces no more 
passed year by year from the Cape of Good | j 
to Andien sa it would give argie sararea Hope to beyond the Griguas, beyond the Bechuanas, till | immediato e effects than in man, It does not startle — 
os lace 
called Kuruman in 
Then it may be asked who can: show reason why aie comet aera mp popan. symptoms supervene: the eye and nose 
Susanna Gnilett, William Jackson, Martha Gardiner, | Smewnere about y latte of sand Ted the coat. stares as-if"tiie animal” were oldja 
and William Priest, should not. be elected, as:they and | } + 1 oth. th, Let adage Meas ate oe in aha liaising | swelling seeddre-ath under the jaw, and sometimes at the 
theirs have subscribed the greatest: number of ‘years, |; 1. the-native language he pln Mist King | navel; and, though the animal continues to- graze, 
: as | emaciati ? ith a peculiar 
A. Seas on.—Obs your last: Number a nee hy Eure Ba abeno ayog vey beaet zed | flaccidity of "tee eile arn’ proceeds u . 
request for “the names. of pl nih bam ser have:flowered and | “©? middle hee ur pes reese he! i ath S d can | until, i pathitte mouths afterwards, purging comes on, 
ripened seeds this year, I panes uple of pods of the | 7°.) MIS’ I rei lege n and th erishes in | 
Asclepias.syriaca, The plant has flowered every yea Fl want be Sia pden 4 tha ore, t stelnat i me e n. Those w rei 
since it was Arvari Y ar 1884 ‘at never ‘before plies | yg? t i t re ke ngaese ao fart condition often perish soon after the bite is inflieted 
Gian Thies TEs coast, broken do 8 ith 3 fi i r 
its producing s 
Thave a plant of Atalia japonica, which this year pro- : pga agi Matra a . ) . 
sae they w of fine h pwa : and o re several E Ab this Tipha ie res On. iih ae duced a A rain seem k hasten the Loon of the 
pat ey: were succeeded * by: sma s M | and sought to. recover: health in: a .salubrions climate. yore: ; but in general tho em "E oera 
l sc ya Sater ene pot aras geras praa saaros kernels it. nos the. aral e Aah Lavo wis ACD any for months, and do what we will, the poor 
j sufficiency of hot weather to oe them quite tai per full at an 
fection. The plant stands quite in: the open grou 
and the soil is dry and sandy. i gathered last seman 
peat i 
uty 
, he had brought a -party of | 
eople with him, and found the tribes near injected with air, as fa quantity of soap- 
er: impossible for his men to return bubbles were mena a 2 Me it ee sania 
ers an Pie: 
companions .to their chief, with a view of trying tol that the rece may be made t0 es h it: The 
piak x bhe ens lungsand liver e of the disease. 
Mi n G ing. preys = oy poyasa and empty né ae al ade is 
immense crop of very fine acorns on the Ilexes; some : fi d istended wi to indicate 
of one Bays, too, are loaded with berries, as is the a em thousand miles e ian ystareen | What is probably the choo in ae biota the 
. ; rr w east coast, nserted to 
m of which enters wp “the proboseis is i 
, contained in a bulb at 
| racemos We also 
ing and Seating to flower. out of ris alata, 
Roman hac Narcissus, white Hyacinths, Edwardsis | ° 
believe, and Rhododen ; an 
Cistus fa mg Oxalis cernua, Erica codonodes in beauty; 
is covered with flower, Teucrinm fruticans, and 
inifoli i 
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‘nation, | 24 by to mention another insect, which by the ‘same 
i ur on 
K kigi y, 1856, y. reechied his. destini tion produces in the human subject bot 
-ripened. perfectly this year, and very fine ving th oa a on pr in the human subj 0 
of their betw Muscadine, and one I ak Bo ps ssl ilapat: arb pipar aad rom nd purging. The mule, ass, and etek the same 
m Vienna, called there Burgundy Grape, af ‘The narrative of a journey like this, given by an perb irri -ag fen ih nirede ie ral 
good. warm tasting black Grape; also Syrian | intelligent observer, must ‘necessarily possess the highest Scarcely less surprising is his account frican 
and Lacryma on walls. S., Dorsetshire. —— | interest, and there be few readers who have not] Melons. “ Bat the most surprising plant of the Desert 
W | already seen co 0" i 
Seid: gedin: fn. a. witht? Aiai but ethic auth ie farth ks| Melon. In years when more than the usual quantity of 
Rai shott haifa mil 7 Peco P g i weer ag pe We tre s pruski a “not the rain falls, vast tractsof the country are literally covered 
before observed the Myrtle ripen its berries out of jeast of which is the author’s account of his sensations | W ht a 
dors, in- England. 1 have semerel{bnshes that he hen Sik the ates of a lion. and literally in the jaws of aa of rain was greater than it is now, and the wains 
been out: for a good many years, and seem perfectly | death. fired both barrels into the animal. ant tracing. parties shh! a 1 Le ea -e á 
hardy. I observed the narrow-leafed Myrtle in flower | «J saw the lion’s tai i behind th tommouip oma ri: S Pre 
eafed Myrtle in | ; Isaw the lion’s tail erected. in a little ti pens com times its occurrence has coincided with an 
wet season. animals of 
ere is also a sprig of yellow Jasmine just coming | ballets I heard a shout. Starting, bro looking half sort and name, including man, rejoice in oa 
into flower out of doors. W. Mitchell Dod, FH.S. round, I saw the lion just in the springing upon > ma 
Mallow Fibre.—The inclosed is a. piece of the stem of | me, I was upon a little height ; sig e anghit my shoulder 
the White- Mallow. From the. tenacity of the fibre it | as he sprang, and, we both cam he ground below 
Would seem available for some useful purpose. Is itso A together. Growling horribly meer me: my ear, he shook k 
J.P; E ady gers andabandanes of. thüs mistari | mo aa astern dog . does.a rat. The shock heida amy and Hons, hyena, 396 ackals, 
made to pay, or it would have come into use. ] after the first pars of the cat. It caused a sort of 
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Socteties.. happening.. It e what patients jally under | § T =r one: Melon ea 
age the influence of chloroform describe, AS see. all the} applying the tongue to the gasl 
Honmicurrunat, Deo. 15,—M. James Veitch, Jun., | operation, but feel not the Knife, igen or Teak dead ý 
fisha cain i ‘i iisa r tion was not t any mental process. shake 
the chair. Ab especial general "mectingheld this fone, hd Kooni no” Wane £ harrar i 
Jokia mozi a tba Heh Ti ra | mber often met with in the 
mn. and if so, is a mereifal ‘our benevolent | #inehes ong, andiabout:1} sacl. Cony are. 
a t Oxton, near Kenton, Devon. Creator for lessening the pain o of death.” eee a Me ee a garden. may | 
Mr. George Bayah "Gipson Rockey, Col Brixton Hill Of the Tsetse, a venomous fly, we have the following ex- maio y pven bitter Kengwe in the vicinity. 
Charles R. acson,”Esq., Barton; near- Prestons traordinary history. This insect, the e Glossina morsitans, Aen Pe from one to the other.” 
61, Lincoln’s Inm Fields. “ig not much larger than the common house-fly, The bees convey ba = to. break: off 
k Manory: colour common | But Teten) a 3 
