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of them that contrasts strongly with their herve of these in the groat rivers-men,
Stocles of their. Boldness and Ferocity, women, and children denwing wäter und bething in the rank with the minest in- eoneer.
Fer the natives of India the errendile That always exerolsent a fascinating in- fluence. This is due in a large measure
* God knows who has taught them to j forget their, pristina ferocity winy
by the great lows of human lifer for which Babu guide said. One of the villagers is Alacrity the monster is responsibly very year. Eauxions to show best to the visitor and Ating Some interesting sterios, about crocodilos begins to end them with ouripussing Brambl
Ao Kholapar "-" Ao Britomar) and Moir Bibits are toll in the Cornhill) stang intonationis
| Dahapar " (" Come, àlack side"—" Come. Cadmus Magazine by Mr. Shellakkd' Bradley, -Great rivers that Bow into the Bhg of white sida “). For a time nothing rules Bengal are biddubifoe over a hundred miles. the requisite, stdiness of the lake. the Olio indaxi and mang cứ shem, says the wri- great plak letos dowers with their wides i ter, swarm with crocodiles. In the hotjaprending leaves alone beraking the Face Flor weather and raise, when water is wasın, smocthaw of its surface. nothing is to be seen of them sore oe- But kang before I had noticed the Hampshire- ensionally the tip of a snout above the slightest movement, the little group of Kinaba water, which, hastily disappears as the villagers bostados mes bas seen them em
The faintest ripple on the water Minotaur launel approaches, Bes in the wintering. mendis, when, the water is cold they and then above it just visible, there op I crawl eat and sun themselves on the pears nothing but the tip at "bio" monster's
Moorhen sloping mud banks as the rive? recedes amont, Rapidly followed by mother it
Newcastle with tho chh tide. For aules inland,,ne moves across the likes towards us. Right high tide the rivers overflow their banke up into the Sully water below the bank. Nightingas For lap the roots of the trees that form exposing themselves fully to view, ther Otter · the depes forests on either side, leaving ball swim, halt wads, then with their Ribble hero pral thers as the recede a few foot hideous greedy eyes fixed-úpen alle fore Romario
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What follows is horrible," Two wrok ched shrieking marghis (chickens) are heil alot to attract them nearer still, and are finally thai.cut to them. With Taku
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I was staying...ara Pantry house aanl had "expressed when wepticisin is the .035 believents of hypotists, when p'dor- | 198 - tor offered to give me a demonstration: 037
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A ergodile is a difficuh bowst to killing at that particular moment in the Mener deal. Po Estal spot is jutut. lao, bose of one of my friends at Paris. She hind the car bey to find that spot from replied that there were as misaal unna- a launch ng bout this never quite still ber of proses roketed there, and gave rajains & Thore, more than sonatally good at their s
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AS UNPLEASANT EXPERIENCE.
Surim of their buduness and ferocity
me Bumerous in the Sunderbans.
A
Kleber hand of my fricard's daughter in nur riage, and that the stranger, as I felt imeliged to fet him, was the suitor for Draidée tho girl's hand and with hận had catne
Argus relutions. Being wholly ignorant think
such an affair was on tapis I ocn Vigilario
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one hanna (police staticit) the river gratulated myself on having exped the Peina
anknot long since the Harogu (police claims of hypnotism, However, I texɔk officer was mastering a number of acy way to Paris and was astonished by Doodard de Lagree .. cused who had been arrested in a daccity measure when I reached my friend's ease propantry to marching them into house, to find that the lady's statements
dquarters when suddenly up the low we almaluty tow, and that the marLynx
Protee shelving-buk 'rushed an chorious erozinge had just been artiled.
Since then I have become a convinced codile, seized the zemrest of the prison-
*Styx ers, and carried him off in full view of hypnotist, and have arrived at some
Few cum neist the Fronde lúe ennrades and the police before any cinence in this wt.
I'berville. ne of them could ineffere, even had speli I try to put upon theen, and I can make them disclose their most secret he had the Courage to do so.
thoughts. I can even work at a distance Pistolet and by the force of suggestion con com.
Mousquet po a friend of mine living is England
Another smaller-river was infested by monster that was known to hate eur. rial of seven peños and a special zo- ward was offered for it. A native shikarin think of me as say time I choose to
with
my
1 wonderful native bluserbassolet. I write down the date in mally shot it, and, accompanied by many Bary, and have never failed to receive a
Manche
of the villagers, brought it in with great letter from him written at the time when Hinden
I exercised my will power over him. triumph to headquarters to store the
reward. I went out into the oranÌí ♫
to inspect the kill, congratulated the shikari on his succo and villagers in POLICE DISCIPLINE IN F.M.S. Leipzig buring got rid of so grest: pest, and
saw the money reward paid off to them in my pres.
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Trouble with Intian police recruits at the Depot, Kuala Lumpor, has resulted in Sobernhorst Do less than 71 of them being sentenced S. 90 recently by the Magistrate to three months' Taku rigorous imprisonment, The charges.pre-
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An hour later when I left udite, thigh de crocodile had been taken away I saw then still grouped together just 'ooteide the vera and as 7. parsed in WO+ evident that they wanted to speak to me.ferred against them were (1) disobedience Tiger I stopped and asked them what it was of orders, and (2) conduct to prejudice Tsingtan
The they wanted. For a man beyling of good order and discipline.
sentences imposed will run concurrently. back with that deprecating look a zaliven The trouble has arisen under the follow- wears when he makes a request at ising circumstances:-Those recruits enlisted Calabria nr quite sure of its reception. Their cac on $15 a month, there being an under- of them bolger than thus reed so fortanding that an increase of an extra d-llar Adamastor
Op Macar word and, with bis hands folded the month, was entirely dependent on the progress made by them in colloquial Malay. The examination necessary for them to Faria qualify in this respect is of the simplest Huzoor he said your Honour has nature, and is of course absolutely essential puid us for killing the poodile but in if the mon ar to be of any use as p
i Arranged side that crocodile are our wives, our constables. The examination xinters, our cousins, and our aunts. Will also with doe consideration to the respective length of service of the recruits axamined. hot your Honour gives us monetary com- The men in quartion disatured atdem A-B pensation for thein foo?"
deliberately, and having regard to the a-7 necessity of keeping strict disciples in a Albany
of this character, have, bean leniently
Bainbridg
Barry
Callao
in an attitude of supplication, gave vedle to their potition.
NATIVE AND ZAME ERDEBDILER,
Only mare did I met in the Sunder-force of the thalay Mail. coliles. They were in an onormque tank,
bans with what were, callod tame, cro
one of the many constructed by, the great Khan Jaban Ali, in whose day, four bund. red and fifty years ago, great town. flourished, of which nothing now surVİVOR have the great mosque with Its seventy sevon dornce and the tomb of the worrice. saint. The tank is known as the Glora | dighi, the curious traditions attaching to
it being that it covers a much groumil
a head could run without firing.
though, largo us the tank is, one canaint he impressed with the staying powen of the bass in question.
In this tanks are a number of creos" diloe, said to be the dosendants of those placed this by Khan Jahan All. The natives onil the fame crocodiles, and they certainly show an utter fearlessnows
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