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Malarial Diseases % 
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The Transit of Venus.— Those who keep the 
run of such matters are aware that the planet Venus 
will cross, or make the transit of, the sun's disk on 
the 6th of December. As the observations obtained 
on this occasion furnish astronomers important data, 
several governments have sent out expeditions to differ¬ 
ent countries for the purpose. Great Britain has ten 
parties in her various possessions, especially equipped 
for the purpose, and the governments of Continental 
Europe have placed observers in the field. Our own 
government is not behind, as it will have four stations 
in the Southern Hemisphere, and several within our 
own territory. There will be observers from our Coast 
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Zealand ; in Chili, and one in Patagonia. Cedar Keys, 
Fla.; San Antonia, Tex., and Fort Thorne, New Mexico, 
are the principal stations nearer home. Let us wish 
them clear weather. 
Ringing a Bull.—“A. W.,” San Francisco.— If 
you take the dividing wall or septum of a bull’s nose be¬ 
tween the thumb and fore finger, you will find that the 
upper part, well forward, is thin, hard, and apparently 
bloodless, or nearly so, at least there is little room for 
blood-vessels and nerves. This is the point to pierce, and 
many bulls will stand still and submit to the piercing 
with a proper instrument, and the insertion of the ring 
without making much trouble, but it is safest to bind 
the head of the animal by the horns, to a strong horizon¬ 
tal beam, for then you can work with greater care, and 
less nervousness. Pinching the spot benumbs it, so 
that the operation is a? painless as it is simple. The 
“ Trochar ” is very convenient for ringing an animal. 
