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Tate. Pap. (By A. Menton, in the Queenslander). I shall my nothing whatever in this precipitions mountain on either side. This
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Nowapapers over four ounces in weight likely to become ofensive or injuro Barriere, Br Queensland crocodile, but restrict it axelu- haunt of the troendilo.. in October of last
Jongsin sively to an account of my shocting ndrea-year I had a fair side view of a splendid specimen shout loft. Laug, and shot him
caused by the discontinuance of "Notes and
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Batak shot by me on the 16th of January of his low hr to the opposite rock is what an Francisco, via Yokohama, on WEDNESnected with Chin or Japan is desiroun of ander bona fide Supplements. Printed to Ceylon by P. & O. only. No respon- Brooke, Bias Jeanie 1 Mainch, Cha, 0.1
fers to be an old gray log lying just under DAY, the 21st May, at 3 p.m., taking acquiring trustworthy information. It in whole be paid at Book Rate, Prices Cur- parcol, unless Registered, and then only to 4. The public are cautioned not to con year, and the medium-sized one was the
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on the Ars, Sciences, Ethnology, Books Papers on first I killed in the Barron.
Commercial Papers signify such papers found those facilities with a Parcel Post to say, williont fear of contradiction that The inexperlorod spectator would take no United States, and Europe.
Through Bills of Lading isul for trans-Folklore, Geography, History, Literature, notice of that old gray bug, and most likely have shot more crocodiles than any man in wolle down to de edge of the water and portation to Yakolamis and other Japan Mythology, Natural History, Autigation, as, though Written by Hand, do not bear Europe, e, which does not exist, the colony, Yaving killed six within the past twelve months, in proof of which I have a nice cool drink. It would be his Porta, to San Francisco, to Atlantio aud and Social Mauners and Customs, etc., to tho charactor of an actual or personal corro-
a new do-
1. No Letter or Packet, whether to be show the most conclusivo and unsmawerable last drink on this earth. That immocent Island Cities of the United States, via Over- of Chua, Japan, Mongelin, Tibet, and thondence, such as invoices, deeds, copied | bo strictly observed,
looking gray log is & 16ft. crocodile, land Railways, to Havana, Trinidad, and Far East generally. Recently evidence. In June, 1883, I was on my way at would soiza a mat in these terrible Demozara, and to ports in Mexico, Central parture has been taken, arui ho levico now music, &o. The charge on them is the same
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The Review department receives special full fare, re-barking at San of the river ware throwing their first oven
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thren up a huge body of water and mud,
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Froight will he recrived on board until from and diffusing among students know the amateur thas was only a piece of use.atcred hin just on the age of deep water, europe.
DE on obscuru joints. less wood, to me it was the back of und before he made a final effort I rushed
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Ovorland Consular Invoices to accompany telling the two ruters to stop pull- I had to wait fur Noftly ring, I roso and fired point blank at that safe to venture to pass a vine round his small dark object beneath the custom sine legs and tie hit up to z tree ruut. Cargo should be sent to the Company's bushes, and it disappeared at once. My Tho vitality of that erocolite was really Offices in Sealed Envelopes, addressed to the companiors were quite satisfied I was mis astounding, and any experience of these Collector of Custorne at San Francisco,
For further information as to Passage takon, mail they heard a terrific splash, animals justifies a doubt about their being and the white stomach of a crocodilo fa the gentina coses until the skin and head are and Fraight, apply to the Agency of the death agony appeared close to where he of and all the inside works carefully dean Company, No. 501, Queen's Road Central, went down beside the bank. In one of his ed out. Even then there is a danger furious paroxysms he showed the top of his of being savagely attacked by the stomach
the livor.
In the afternoon re- turned with three Chinamien and Mr. head, and second shot sont hit bottom like a bag of tin ore. The dots of Monk's survoy conp.
No second crocodile being only about if we lifted hita upand dragged him into thin bont the first ball mat will ever skin had struck him in the right cyr, passer for amusement, any more than he will wake up his sucond baby for the joy of through the front part of the bil hearing him poll; int we finished that ou
piece of the skull and carried away a
The at last, and removed the skin with the head in energing above the opposite eye. second ball atrick the centre of the brain, and legs attached, so that the specimen can and sunshed the hae protecting it on the be staffed qui ext up at any time. The was skinned tiro animal raust have weiglud aut Next morning he top.
purposes, and the stomach liest, nad his full length was 16ft 4in. opened to exhibit the contenta Conspicuous He was a venerable ed evils, with most among these contents was the cult of his teeth gore, but all the rest of his of u kangaroo, of a species quite new was perfect. This stomach was examined to me, and so freak that the owner with breathless eunuity, and found to must have been alive on the previous to contain a lot of quandong seeds, a fragment ing Why there was nothing more of the of half-inch po about 2ft. long with a lat of imir and the hoofs of a kust in it, victim than the leg will be explained in my chapter on the habits of the croendo.quat, a few freshwater shellfish, mane porcu- While I was exaiding this rolic, C'Copine quills, and two or three metal trouser BOMBAY, MADRAS, CALCUTTA,
The porcupine was probaby nall discovered a Chinaman's blac surge buttons trousers which the action of the scorch swallowed as
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had rolled up into a small hard ball no and the erudite must have derived a larger than teacup, and caled with a whole procession of delicions sensations thick film of mucus. Subsequent inquiries from the digestion of that tender and nutritions dish. The trouser buttons are revonled the fact that these torn off a Chiraman who was attacked two supposed to be the only existing remains of k croundile at the lower man named Matthewa, who was takur by weeks before crossing, and whe esend with a few gly equcnitite about a mile from this spot thre tones in the calf of his leg. The trouaces or four years ago Dynaptic peque are were comparatively sound, only showing a eue by this that incial buttons are not easily few roats and tooth marks here and there, usimilated, and said he avoided as an Evidently the crucile was under the deli-Article of tier. Nothing but the gastric sion that the Cannman was inside the juler of a schoolboy or strong nitric acid will trousers when he swallowed them, and of dissolve baum. The goat's hoofa and poren. course his subsequent disappointmont must pitte quills were evidently not far off being have made him feel mad, and gives him a roduced to chyle, the shellfish were rapidly contemptibly mean opinion of bine sere passing into phosphate of lure, and contribut seeds were trouzors as an article of dist. After the Chinaan parted with his gangsat, heng, thuar me in the general chaos of covered the first hundred yards in the proteids, minerals, fuis, and amyloids, shorter time on record. A lot of China which the living chemical Inhoratory was mon were watching the process of flisses proparing for the benefit of that crocodile; tion, and, when O'Connell Auttered the but the thetal transer buttons wandered familiar indispensables to the brese, the about among the wreck, supercilionely excitement was inmense, and they all challenging anything to remove or var
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ADVICE TO LOVENS: First catch your lover. Hold him whom you have him.
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oil obtained mamed by Fred. Andorsan and a Celes-quarts of beautifully clear pare o down tial. On the bank nhout a mile above bom a lot of fat cut off and brought do N.D.-This Steamer takes Cargo and Pas. Freshwater Creek wase 7ft, crocodile lying with the skin. Any man who has not avoti He was crocodile will only require to have a care asleep with his mouth wide open.
young ad ignorant crogodile, or he wondful glance at this specimen to convince him "not have boon foolishly snoozing there at that the best way to cross our northom that hour of the day. The compressed ball ricors is either in ironclad boats or on entered the side of his neck, struck the suspension bridges a thoumnd feet high. vertebra, glanced down at almost a right angle, and came out under the throat. We Gifted him into the boat, and started for home. After pulling about a quarter of a milo, the amphibious terror unexpectedly entaciouaness-recovered enough to enable him to make a ferocious phing for the bow our; and, though Andersen in a man of about 50 years of age, Ireny any that in his retreat to the nose of the boat he displayed an agility that would make the fortune of a circus acrobat. Ta Chinaman, having a regard for economising his energics, simply fall over his sent back ward, and gave a yell that hailed all the efforts of the local workin to reproduce it, I clutched the crocodile's tail, and held as if the fate of Queensland depended on arrepied, and managed to get a rope into his the progress of that animal being promptly jaws and tie him up until he was discourag ad by the cross bar of an iron bedstead. This one is buried in the garden, beside gronadilla, partly to supply nitrogenous elements to the plant, and chiefly to furnish a skeleton for the museum.
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Don't let go of him to catch every now one that comes along,
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Miktor-Zeitung Nationaldende.
Local Delivery.
Mails,
Occidental & Oriental Steam-given, M. F. H. Balfour contributes a
90:00 paper of length entitled
1 All correspondence posted before 5 Ship Company.
peror Cheng, founder of the Chiness En- pim. on any week day for addresses in pire," which will be read with genuino Victoria will be delivered the same day, uterest by students of Chinese history, and generally within two hours, unlean the A few short notices of New Books aral
Chiness Oaths in Western Borneo
2. Invitations, de can generally be amber of Notes and Quaries, one of which delivery should be retarded by the Contract and Java" might appropriately have been placed under a separate heading, complete delivered within Victoria at the privato houses of the addressees rather then at the number."-H.K. Daily Press.
Trubner's Oriental Record contains the places of business, if a wish to that effect following notice of the Chint Berhe expressed by the sender, otherwise all The present publication, judging by the correspondence is invariably delivered at
the nearest place of niness, number now before us, is intended to a position, te regards China and the neighbouring countries, some what similar to that which has boon Cilled in India by the Calcutta Review. The great degree of at toution that has been bestowed of late years upon the investigation of Cliness literaturo, autiquities, and social developments, to say accumulation of important stores of inform
4. Boxholders may also
Blao send Patterns address in full; and same will be received nothing of linguistic studios, has led to the at the Company's Odios, until 5 p.m. the ation, rendering ane such channel of pub to the same places in the same way. In-
vxtremely desir day previous to sailing.
licity as is now provided
wholly RETURN PASSAGES-Farsorgers, whable; and contributions of much intorent velopes contaming Patterns may
atated to the Postraagter exhibited or have paid full fare, re-embarking at San may fairly Le looked or from the menibere closed, if the nature of the contents be first Francisco for China or Japan (or vice versa) of the foreign consular survices, the Chinese General, as he may consider necessary, and within six months, will be allowed a discount Customs corps, and the missionary body, approved by him. Printed Circulars may of 20 /% from Return Fare; if ro-embarking
will scholarship is now asimously
usly cultivated,
3 p.m.
THE 8. S. SAN PABLO will be des. patched for San Francisco, via Yoko hans, out FRIDAY, the 30th Lustant, at To be followed by the 8. S. ARABIC, on the 9th June.
Connection being made at Yokohama, with Steamers from Shanghai and Japan ports
Ali Parcel Packages should be marked to
The Return Fare embraces a trip of hot more than three hours-
For every hour or part of an hour above three hours, each Coolio will be entitled to an additional payment of 5 cents. Day Trip 1 Pesk, (13 hours) Gay
0.75 och Coolie 80,60 each Coolie.
Finricksha Quarter of an hour or less, Half an hour, One hour,.. Threo hour, Bir hours,
Nowack Advertiser Periodics do Pro, Perelan Newspaper. Photographische Mittheilungen. Pictorial World.
Pletare Lassan Faper Quenz
Baccotta.
Royal Cornwall Gaselts
cir. Ramian Illustrated Paper.
...10
18,,
..25
30,
50
20
One day (12 hours),.....
from the centre of the Town, Per trip to Shaukiwan or Pokfulam,
Beturn,
25
ཚོ ང ང ང སྐབ ་བ འ
Par trip to Aberdeen, from the cen
tre of the Town,
...40. Return,
3. Boxholders who desire to send Circu- tara, Dividend Warrants. Invitations Cards. &c., all of the same weight, to addresses in Hongkong, Bangkok, or the Pot's of China, may deliver them to the Post an Extra Coolie is employed, there will ach pay. Nothing in this scale prevents private Office unstamped, the postage being then be an addition of half the abure scale to charged to the sender's account.
agreements. batch must consist of at least ten
be
within one year, an allowanes of 10among whom a high degree of Chinese bo inserted in zuch Pattum Packetą,
Four, Half day, Day....
Licensed Baarers (each).
...70 cents.
35 centa. ...50 cents.
BOAT AND COOKE HIRE,
BOATS.
about 10 o'clock one night Anderson and I were stopped by low water just above Freshwater Creek, and had to remain on the sandbar till the tide roso to float us off,
If you have a love letter to write, do not
1xt Glass Cargo Boat of 8 or 909.. Not more than 300 yards away a gigantic oopy it out of a Letter Writer." if your be made from Return Fare. Pro-Faid Re- and who are severally represented in the first
PARCELA The public is reminded that piculs, per Day, erocodile began to roar, and wave voice to a young man ever happened to consult the turn Passage Orders, available for one year, namber of the Review by papers highly
will be issued at & Discount of 25% from creditable to their respective anthors there is no such thing Pareol Pust 1st Class Cargo Boat of 8 or 900 series of appelling sounds that have same book he would know the sentimente Return Fare. These allowances do not apply Some translations from Chinos novels and to Europe, & Muda trouble and disap. piculs, par Load, counterpart among the animals of creation. were borrowed.
playa are marked by both accuracy and fresh pointraent are onused by persistent attempts 2nd Class Cargo Best of 600 It resembles a terrific cavernous yawn, like Don't
't marry a man to oblige any third to through fars from China and Japan to
picola, per Day, ba neza of stylo; and a secount of the career of to send small valuable trifles through the a bull bellowing in a care, u bellow deep person in existence. It is your right to trope.
Consular Invoices to accompany Over the Chinese poet-stateaman of the eleventh Post Fans, Carios, Articles of Dress, 2nd Class Cargo Boat of 600 unearthy sound ending is serica of sail yourself in the matter. But rememberi
cun picals, per Load,... if Lispersed iu quavers that die away as
should be sent to the Company's not only historically valuable, but is also tinually being refused, the anders having little friendly advice from one whose suivice % address,cd to the Collector of Cus distinguished by its literary grace. Beside often spent more in Postage then would 500 piculs, per Day, Fast void night, the black scrub on each is worth having way insure you a life-tune
tems, San Francisco.
notices of new books relating to China and have paid the freight by atramer. No 3rd Class Cargo Boat or Ha-kou Boat side suelosing us in a darkness that was of happiness, or prevent one of misery.
500 picats, per Load, For further information as to Freight, the East, which will be a useful feature of refund can be made on such parcels of the palpable, Salathiel ashing that described int
and detail, we are glad to notice that nature of the contents was discovered. 50A, Queen's Road Central. the last days of Jerusalem; the water open, so, that when the right mai comca apply to the Agency of the Company, No. I the Review, if carried out with punctuality value of Stamps obliterated before the 3rd Class Cargo Boat or Ha-kau Boat of
"Notes" and "Queries are destined to
Samples of Bafioza, Shepparton Chronide Skaraka Aftonbladet, Society,
Uber Land and Neer." Wardor.
NAMES OF VILLAGES &c,
IN OB NEAR MÖNGKONG.
(Corrected, Spelling,)
A-kung Ngain Ap-li Chau. Cheung shan Flom. Chung Hout. Clung War Fo-pany
Ha-wan.
Heung-kong Tai
(Aberdeen) Hok-tsui.
Bok-tsui Wan. Hok-ün.
Ban Teun Shai-wan. Shi-taai Pu
Shani-shui Po. Shau-ki Wan:: Sheka
Shek Tong Shek-tung Taui. Sheung Wan, Shui-tang Wan Bo-koo Po Tai-kok Tani; Tai-long
Ha
Hok-ün
Kok
$9.00 Hung-heung Lo.
Hung-hom
Kung
Tai-ping
Shany
Tai-shek Kek. Tai-tam
2.00 Kai-lung Watt,
Karez Wan, 2.50 Kau-lang
Kau-pui Shek. 1.75 Kung Chung,
156 Lap-sap
Wan.
melancholy echoes. Around us was that the same time that love is blind, and a land, Mexican, Central and South American century, Su Tung-p'o, by Mr. E. C. Bowra, Fancy Work, and similar prasants are sad lass Cargo Boat or Hakan Best of Kung Kok
like a funeral pall over
the river was tik itself beneath those Chr
In love alliraalways keep your eyes wide
you may see him. When you see him you will recognize him,
merian shadows, and a silanes as of the and the recognition will be natur
If you have no fault to find with him grate was broken only by the rear of that. terrible beast that could with case have
av personally, Inancially, conscientiously, come and torn us both out of the boat as socially, murally, politically, religiously, ot we eat there helplessly at his mercy in the any other way, he is probably perfect enough impenetrable darkness. It was a picture to suit you, and you can afford to such as Daró might have illustrated a page
of Dante's Inferne with, and wa were not overwhelmed with disappointment when the tide rose and started us out of that
cheerful locality.
On the morning of the 16th January of
this year I started up the side of the Karten
Believe in him; Hope in hiut;
Love him: Marry him
Justo is said to have increased five in
to whore the river enters the gorge of the ches in height during his atsy in America.
Main Range, above the first ascent of
Douglas's track, and accompanied only by
Four churches in Montreal now use the
my nine-year-old son and heir, the Fra-electric light.
quent companion of many a lorg and rongh M. De Lasers, announces that the excursion." At the entrance to the gorge is Penama sanal will be open before 1.888.
776
F. E FOSTER,
Agent. Hongkong, May 6, 1884.
FREDERIC ALGAR, COLONIAL,, NEWSPAPER & COMMIS- SION AGENT,
11, Cletaent's Lane, Lombard Street, LONDON.
Und a place in its pages also. It is to be hoped that this opening for contributions m Chinsee subjects may evoke a similar degree of literary real to that which was displayed during the lifetime of its or in the field, and that the Chins may receive the support necessary to lasute its continjance,
Lori and Indian Parcel Port
300 picals, Half Day,
Sapate
of
Liati Mun. 1.00 Maston Chung.
Ma-tan Kok.
50 Ma-tau Trin.
Ma-tau Wai Ma-ti $1.00 Mong-kok.
20 Ngan Ping.. 10
De Pallaway Boale, per Day, ... 1. Emall Parcels may be sent by-Post
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in.
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Taimi-shs Trui Too-pai Tsai To-kwa Wan To-ti War
Tang we (Hospital).
Tung-lo Wan
Un Chat: Wan-ta
-taal Wong-kok Tsim. Wong-ma Kok Wong-nai Chung. Yau-ins 17.
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