CAVALIER'S SONG,
Roure yo, my condes the Ingles are ringing
Prince Raporl's in soddis, our Captain is cat; The Roundheads are massing, and sounds of
psalta singing
Como forth from the camp of the rascally ron Our scouts have toen hasting to luring in the
warning.
Since dow of the day, over moor, foil, nud forð; Der ride will be rougli, but fang ers the mora's
dawning We'll waken the saints with the point of the
BIVOTA.
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~Who wrought the bright bainer which over us
катск.
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Our steeds champ the tit as the foom-balls
they fing To saddle, brave hearts and if in the tray fall
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-Our requiem he—that we did for the King!
A NIGHT ADVENTURE WITH A
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neck. I have no doubt that death was instantaneous, as far as the snake was concerned, that his huge body, in circum ference cjus to a mu's and nearly thirty feet long, in convulsivo mavemente, wound round the tiger, and we could hear the bones bang crushed one after the other. The roar the tigor gava at the first squeeze was appalling; but in a fow moreents the roara turned into munans, the moans into a ggling sound, and gradually they tou Ceased, while the contortions of the enake continual for over an hour. I never kaw
such a frightful sight. What is man ur his strength compared to that of either of the boats lying dead before usi
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We were speechless with horror and sur- primo at the denouement, and at the amaz ing strength of a inoribund annico, All BOMBAY, MADRAS, CALCUTTA, AND signs of life censed, and we find dazed for a N.I.-Cargo can be taken on though is white, when wo werd awoke again by the noise of tearing of flesh. Peeping over our
of Lading for BATAVIA, PERSIAN GULF
"PORTS, MARSEILLES only panoply, there was a tiger or tigress,
TELESTE, HAMBURG, NEW YORK cal off either the sake, its own making a
AND BOSTON. kind, or the dead man. The moon was onder a cloud, so I waited paciently util it thong again, and then, airing as well as I could firm the shoulder, I fired buth barrds, and the tigess, for auch she proved, rolled over and over, growling and roaring, and at last crawled to the ravine, Whenca wy could hear her breathing until close upon daylight, whom it ceased; and
Cargo will be received on board mutil and with it I sue either that she hul 10 am on the day of sailing crawled away or died. Waiting until foli
Parcels and Space (Gold) at the Office daylight, we descended from our pereuntil 10. on the day of suling. We first might the tigrees. She ky it.
Sik and Valuabica for Europe will be Wathen examined the thrus bodies, which presented much the apusrance of fascontrahippo at Colombo; Ton and in the cailrace of the serpent. Although Carga for London will be conveyed vid Butalay without transhipment, arriving life had been extinct for several hours, ons week later than by the ordinary direct when we tried to unravel the coils from the tiger's lexly they resisted so stoutly that I had to send to the village for assistance, With the aid of over twenty men, and by unting open the jawa, o relased the Laly of the wood-cniles, and stretched nut thờ body of the python; it measured it. On. long. The tiger had hitter clean through the vortabra, just bahind the junction of the head and body. The tiger, one of the largest I ever saw, as he insured 1685. 2in. in length, was as if he had been beaten into a jolly; his bones wore crunched to | to powder. The poor wool-cultor, was cremated the sape afternoon.-Time, for October.
TIGER AND A SNAKE. The whereabouts of the tigers could not bo discovered by their trail; they were not heard of until some one was inissing. Thoir depredations extended for miles around, and the wailing of a family, bureft of its support, was only to frequent. I wrote to have bearers haid from Coimbatore to the nearest point to the Anamullies on a certain day, and, despairing of riding the country those animals, I was mauching along silently, seumpanied by my two shikaties, heard what I knew, to be a death whon I shrick. I histoni, aluat ran, towarts the sand, ittle hooking what noise I made as I tore through the jungle, followed by But I might have knoren, and my satellites I given it a thought, that I should frighten
slayer away. There by a wood-cutter, with his skull frodered by a single low; to i been anised by the neck, whence the blood poured in torrents, but the now was stone dead. Flere was my opportunity; the man wond not be missed before it was too late to search for him, an, me I had a little food with me, 1 determined to sit over the ras mains.
The moon was at its brightest, woald not allow the body to be teached; it Jay partially hidden by some fallen bandes, but the part generally first attacked, the buttock, was exposed, so telling my mứm to
chid
Why is a line woman jiko locomotive - propare a machan on the nearest tròn, alont¦ Because she draws a train efter her, szab ten yards of Texamined the ground. Thererters the sparks, transports the anila (males), was a roving close by, up which the annusta and makes us forget time and space. bad
and pouncel spon | crept
1ris victim hei
Way is a man ascending Vencies like would probably return the sumu way. Irisbust trying to kiss a prosty girl saw but the marks of one tiger, whilst my Because he wants to get at the craters's men declared they hunted in couples; they, month. the men, wero ako very reluctant to sit. over the body, being auperstitious that they would ever be tinted, afterwards, int 1 knew if I did not avail imyself of this change i
I should get no other, so I was firma, and told them remain they host.
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1000 to"On Chinese Oaths in Western Borneo there is some trick being played upon 118.
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and Java" might appropriately have been The projectors, basing their estimates placed under a separate heading, complote Who would venture into these jungles at the National, or House Flag and Symbol on the must reliable information from the number.-H.. Daily Press. this time of night, with thuss cursed mon. at Yard Arm,
the various Ports b China eaters about" said Chiniah,
8. If a Flag showing that an Officer of from Australia, California, Singapore, l'e- following notice of the haina Reriem
Japun,- Trubner's Oriental Record contains the Figh
ank is on board an incoming vessel, a along the ravile und out into the pan and similar Fing will be shown above the Ball, Hagons, and other plass fremented by The present publication, judging by the
open
themselves justified number now before us, is intended to approached the corpse, but, gotting within the Flag alous will be hoisted at tize
Mast a few yards, put his tail between his
Hom
in guaranteeing a large and over-increasing occupy a position, na regards China and the
3. Borhalders who desire to send Circe- and, with a frightened cry of the Phee, ing Vessel will be notified by their proper the foreign community generally will find Calcutta Kering. The grout degrees of at Hongkong, Bangkok, or the Ports of The proud of Mun-of-War and Sail circulatiei. The advantages offered to ad- neighbouring countries, come what similar ara, Dividend Warratia. Invitation Cards vertisers are therefore usually great, and to that which has been filled in India by the &c, all of the same weight, to addresses in ran for his life. "Will you believe me now, sahib said Chintah. I was getting
at: the Quarter of the Yard, or at the full of lifo only a few hours before, lying out
upon the investigation of Chinese literature, Office Baztanged, the postage being then The field open to a paper of this descrip antiquities, and social developements, to say charged to the sender's account. Note. The Distances of vessala will be in the moonlight in its last sleep, and to
strukte patimuted from the Peak, and will be made toodetud by native efforts, but noting of linguistic studies, has led to the bach must consist of at least ton. know that it met its death by the follo of a tiger. But the body moved backwards, by means of the Numerals whicirare attack-progressive and anti-obstructive in tone-accumulation of important stores of inform
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Yard Arm.
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its face, befors hilton, becane exposed; first one are opened, then the other, closing and opening in a most dabolical way There was not a sound, and I must own I should have been glad to have boon in bed in my tent, and nevor to Javu seen such a
Money Orders. sight, but, thank goodness, our suspense was not in last much longer. My two fol.
1.-Money Orders are exchanged with lowers had succumbet; I believe they had the following countries :-- fainted.
Coylan. Watching intently, I saw glide across India. the chest of the dead man the lead of an Japan.* hamense, rock snake; it was wider than a New South Waler large plate across, and its tongue was lick Port Darwin.
ing the corpse all over. The movement of Queensland. the limba and the opening and shutting
of
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the eyes vere fully explained. My fool orders on Shanghai, and vice zerea. ing of horror disappeared, and I watched
2.-The Hongkong Post Olee also issues
my
the beast every movement. Digging 3. The connaission is as follows-(ac penknife into Chiniah seat of honour, cording to the careney the order is drawn
I made him almost spring off the machonin)
he, thought it was the devil getting hold Up to £ 2, or $10, or R 20 0.29 centa
of him at last. After staring like a
ad.
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£5, or $25, or 50, 0.40 1
#
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man for a while, he perceived the python,
ور
and was, if possible, in a greater panic. L10, or 550, or £100, 0.80.
He is thirty cubica long, he muttered,
B150,... $100. 'and will
the "wood cutter first swallow the
2-No Urdor must exceed £10 or 250 and us afterwards." I gave a silent laugh (unless drawn on India, when R150 is the and pointed to the rides. The movements limit), nor will more than two aach orders of the snake were inaudible; but we could be issued to the same person, in favour of see the disgusting process of covering the the ant paree, by the sune mail. body with saliva; and after fully two hours?
work ha opened his horrid jaws and began
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The Eight Lions" of Canton,
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Chip from Chinese History, or the Lust Two Emperors of the Great Sung Dynasty, 3101-1126. Hakka Folk-Lore.
to swallow the body head foremost, Nomitted between the Parts of China by Scraps from Chinese Myikology.
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B python's teeth are an arranged that once charge of one per cens, for casting them, anything enters his mouth it cannot be re-
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Hakks Songs. josted again: Gradually the bead and neck loney Ordera su bo granted on Ports Notices of New Books and Literary Intel- Tree to PALTYEINI REGISTRATION ASD disappeared, then the shoulders and up to where there are agencies of the Hongkong Notes and Queries.
ligence. Books Wanted, Exclunges, &c. tiger sprang from the cover right on to tho No orders on Japan are issued at the british To Contributors. python, seizing him by the back of the Post Office, Shanghai,
Hongkong, February 1, 1884.
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