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acres, with one mile frontage to the lake, rights of fishing- and 

 boating-, the deer forest, woods, and the waterfall, and can be 

 purchased for 2,000. It is to be hoped that all who can will 

 help the National Trust in their laudable scheme, as, through 

 the eflforts of the builder and tourist, Britain's beauty spots are 



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yearly becoming fewer in number. An illustrated pamphlet, 

 with a plan of the estate, will be gladly sent to any interested, 

 by the Secretary of the Trust, 25, Victoria Street, Westminster, 

 who will also be glad to receive subscriptions. 



EARTHQUAKE AT HESSLE. 



In an article on 'Some Minor British Earthquakes' in a 

 recent issue of the 'Geological Magazine,' Dr. C. Davison gives 

 particulars of an earthquake at Hessle, on 13th April 1902, 

 which is probably but little known. The shock ' consisted of 

 a single series of vibrations, increasing in intensity to a 

 maximum and then dying away. The average duration of the 

 shock was about four seconds.' We learn that the shock 



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