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Pagi 18

THE CHINA-MAIL, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1957.

FEATURES FOR BOYS AND GIRLS

YOUR PUZZLE DANGER LURKS

CORNER

CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. Boy's name.

7. Dress edge.

0. Mineral rock.

9. Dry

11. While.

12. Residence (nb.).

14, Behold!

18. Fiddling Roman emparor.

18. Dutch city.

20. Paving material.

21. Toothed, as a zaw.

DOWN

1. Boy's name.

2. Shc.

3. Perston prince,

4. Toward.

5. Age.

6. Rebuild.

10. Lair.

13. Bristle

15. Poem.

17. Rodent

19. East River (ab.).

ADD-A-SCRAMBLE

To a form of the verb "be" add a letter and scramble for "a Scottish cop": and another letter and have "domesticated"; add stili another letter and scramble for Latin for "mother"; once more and have "material"

ASCENT OF MT MANASLU

CELEBRATED

THOS

HOSE of us fortunate enough to have climbed high mountains will always recall the wild surprise with which we beheld the beauty of snowfields turned by the morning

to fields of fire.

For me, firat high

sun

recollections" of my climb above Cha-

monix, in the French Alps, were

awakened by this Japanese

stamp issued to celebrate the

ascent of Mt. Manaslu

(26,058

10

マル記念

feel) by a Japanese expedition

of 12 led by a man aged 02, Mr

Yako Maki.

Until the Japanese tackled it Inst May, Manaslu, in the Himalayas, was the third highest unconquered peak. Mr Maki left little to chance. His team was the best equipped of

any

of the teams Japan hos ever sent to conquer mountains. They even carried bed healers amali tins filled with chemi- `cals which will provide warmth

inside

bed

altitude, at any First to scale Manaslu wero Mr Imainshi and Д Sherpa Gyalzen. Next up were Mr Kato and Mr Higota. All und az apon circuit oxygen ap- paratus,

So careful was leader Makl in his approach to the mountafo that be even contributed to the

repair of B Buddhist temple at the village of Sama en route,

This temple collapsed in 1983 after the first Japanese at- tempt on Mariasiu, Villagers at- tributed the disaster to

tho wrath of the mountain gods at the invasion of their sanctuary by the climbers -

The snowfeld stamp, ro- produced here, in perforated 13 by 18%, printed in photogravura and costs & in London,

IAA

MIRROR WORK

The answer to the first part of these puzzles is the same as the answer to the Jest part when you hold it to a mirror (or read it backward);

Snare Separate.

Insane-River barrier,

God of lovo-Painful. Heavenly body—Rodents Knocka-Mart.

Short JacketShort letter,

"D" WORDS

Can you And 12 things which begin with a "D" in this scene?

JOE'S

(Solutions on Pare 20)

HOW STAND ON TO YOUR HEAD PUT YOUR FOREHEAD

FINGERS

SHOULD

POINT

FORWARD

ON THE RUG!

HANDS SHOULD BE

ABOUT

12 IN. BACK... HEAD AND HANDS

SHOULD FORM A TRIANGLE

KICKONE FOOT UP... KEEP WEIGHT ON HANDS.

THEN KICK UP OTHER

FOOT.

TUES POINTED

LEGS TOGETHER

IN THESE WILD

ANIMALS

By HENRY H. GRAHAM

TEARLY all wild ani- ed only when the big cat was

NEARLY

does

sometimes

follow lone

keeping at a sate distance. wilderness travellers, usually

ferocious, will get out of Through sheer curiosity it man's way if it is possible, However, when a mother bear or cougar is accom- panied by little ones, sho becomes very belligerent in the presence of human beings or menacing fur- bearers.

Woodsmen always give such a wild mother a wide berth. Mother love is strong in every wilderness creature and she will fight to the death in defence of her growing family.

The huge grizzly bear is the most dangerous wild animal on the North Ameri- can continent.

Usually the mammoth bruin will not attack man unless provoked, threatened or with cubs. But there are a few recorded cases of an open challenge on sight.

mere

this

Particularly has been the сане on narrow mountain trails. The grizzly heartily dislikes to be cornered. As long as he has a good possibility of getting away unchallenged, he loses no time in running, As a rule,

Its foraging is done prin- cipally at night because its vision is execent upaer cover of darkness. Then it can sical up on its prey more easy.

POUND FOR POUND,

the

banger, habitue of the brush-

us and acsets, almost equais we wolvering in strength and

ferocity.

It is nothing unusual for a badger weigning su more taun 30 pounds 10 каш д coyote or

dog several times its size.

LOC

nunkr

This squatty quadruped has even boen known to alluck a m.nih.

bometimes, in order to bring burrow, his Diagr water as poured into the nuie. The bags comes out wet but ngaung mad Bad moua de prepared to do sume QUICK

tek Googing I be is uhaimed. Unless ne is tuned at a very early age, the beager makes a poor pet, not being

very so- ciable. It hunts qvod alone ad jule, rarely baving (00- panions,

Peinaps its aststanding char- acteristic is its wigging ability. Working hard, a pauger can aig a hole and get completely out of sight in a matter of seconus,

MOOSE, DEER and elk at- tack human beings readily when wounded, cornered or

in seriously threatened

any

A friend of mine once way. But ordinarily they are surprised a mother grizzly docile and peace-loving. with cubs while he

Was hiking on a mountain slope. Although he made no effort to molest the creature her babies, the parent de- liberately charged him.

have otten

Alinost all wild creatures will night when menaced. Self- preservation in the first law of nature, outraniding all others.

Outdoorsmen or

wondered how a weasel would come out in siruggle with a mink. was once privileged to see such an encounter in the Idaho mountains.

Fortunately, he was able to shinny ug a small evergreen and escape the powerful paws of the pursuer. Bea cunnoi

climb small trees, The big lattic

anumal kupt him treed for au nour and even tried to cùmb up to him. lic had many anxious moments.

in the end, however, shu went away and bothered him

ne more. What my riend was trued, the ammul cubs played gally on the mallside, seemingly oblivious to the situation,

FOR ITS SIZE, the wol- verine is likely the strongest bearer in the whole world.

f

of

It has been known to roll over joga that would

require the strength of two men to handle,

compact bundle muselo and lighting tury thinks noining of pitching into animais Iar larger than itselt.

This

Sometimes it kills them, too, Many a coyote has come out second beat in its struggle with the wolverine, Small bears have, according to woodsmen,

These two devillah killers met face to face on the bank of a stream. Instantly they lew at each other's throats.

But the balle was of short duration. The mink soon throt iled his opponent.

That's no gentle smile this cougar is sporting-he means business.

This wood sculpture of theGrizzly in the Trap" captures the power and intensity of that animal. Blackfoot Indinis sculptor John Clark carved the masterpinen trunk, using only a bowie knife.

from

tree

14

Both of these predators are Both of them are, of course, killers, accounting for many too small to attack a human be animals every

year. But the ing. But pound for pound they mink is larger and just as nim- almost match the dreaded wol- ble, so it always holds the upper verine. hands in death struggle with a All are terrors to the smaller weasel

kinds of wild life,

TWENTY-FOUR CENTURIES

W

IN A DEEP FREEZE

WHEN we think of ancient civilisations we usually think of those in warm countries Bike Egypt, Mexico, or even the southern United States. But recent excavations into ancient tombe in Siberia have startled the world.

In this frozen land were also succumbed. Wildcats and found burial mounds up to parily-grown cougars have been Gvercome,

The wolverine is killer.

ARCH

not hungry.

KEEP WEIGHT

BACK

ON HANDS

WHILE

ARCHING

STAND ON FOREHEAD

terriic #

200 feet in diameter. They had never thawed out since follows traplines, they were first placed there, slaying and destroying shared about 2,400 years ago. As animals. It seems to kill for everything has been pre- sheer viciousnes), even when served through the ages, ducts.

we now have "WITH ITS IRON-LIKE claws idea of how and sharp teeth, the cougar is lived. also П dangerous Cistemez While cowardly, it has nttneked

The ancient Grecks knew children when they were un-of the

existence accompanied by adults. How-

of this ever, this has probably happen-Mongol-like race; they called

them "griffins."

ZOO'S WHO

"THE FUR OF THE

WOLVERINE

IS USED TO TRIM THE FRONT OF THE ESKIMOS, HOOR BECAUSE IT DOES NOT CATCH FROST FROM THE BREATH...

LINUKE THE COTTONTAIL "RABBIT, YOLING OF THE BONES OF ANCIENT SLOTHS, SNOWSHOE RABBIT AZE, CAMELS AND CAVEBEARS BORN FULLY FURRED, HAVE BEEN FOUND IN CONKS WITH THEIR EYES OPEN

·LING'S CAVE, NEAR MESQUITE, AND CAN RUN AROUND

NEW MEXICO

ON THIS DAY OF BIRTH.

(HORSES DETERMINED

THE TRIDAL WEALTH.

LARGE BURIAL MOUNDS FOUND IN SIBERIA,

Adjust Your Space Suit Take Off! W VEL &

FITH interplanetary tra- possibility and man-made satellites a reali- ty, many a young person is directing a

wistful gaze toward the stratosphere. Before take-off, read Roy Gallant's Exploring the Universe,

•

Lowell Hess's pictures help explain our knowledge of the universe, and describe the theories of philosophers and astro- nomers of 5,000 years ago. The ancient Chinese, for in- stance, blamed dragons for biting out sections of the

NEW BOOKS

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Find out how the Big Dipper is changing, and whether our universe expanding.

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car

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The story of a

grocer boy who was obsessed with finding the ancient city of Troy is told in The Wonder. ful World of Archaeology by Ronald Jessup.

If you saw the sole occu- pant of a car reading

Heinrich Schliemann refused to belleve that the Homerio paper while the

ran stories of Troy were simply smoothly down the street, pleasing legends. The true story would you (a) call the of how he found priceless treas- police, (b) run for shelter, ures and added 1,000 years to

history reads like a mystery. (c) raise your eyebrows and chalk It up electronica?

to

If you have rocks in your According to Edward head, The Story of Rocks, by Stoddard, author of The Dorothy Shuttlesworth, is the Real Book of Electronics book for you.

your*

ot

It helps you identify rocks, you would just raise

and tells about rock-forming eyebrows. A citizen of the minerals from their vory begin- future may only have to ning when the earth was still din the address of his a molten

fiery-bot destination, while his elec- doughy material It gives tests. to determine what your rocks tric car, guided by under- contain. Collection methods ground wires, allows him to are also outlined.

mass

The Gigantic Giant

-He Ata Rocks, Stones and Whole Mountains-m

By MAX TRELL

"VENDRAL

TIN, the tin soldier, was mying in very quiet voice to Knart, the shadow boy, with the turned- about name, and to Teddy, the Stuffed Bear: "Now I don'! expect you to believe me, but I really did see one I really and truly did

"But as I just said, I expect you to believe me."

don't

As bo finished saying this, General Tin stared sternly ni Knarf and Toddy, who were both stonding in front of him, looking up at him.

It was Knarf who had started the whole thing by asking General Tin whether he had over seen a Glant

Enormous Or Littlo

"Was he an

"I don't expect you to believa me." Tin told Knarf and Teddy.

fire. He lived in a for off land, ENORMOUS many miles from here. I sailed world. around the Glant Toddy asked. s und ng in a ship

Then

un a litlle frightened, "or just a

one day I came it rad. little giant?"

The Glant was lying on the ground, snoring, HC

General Tin eyed Teddy for a snores sounded like thunder." moment in silence

answered:

before he

"My foolish friend,

Knarf ond Teddy, the Stuffed each there is no such thing in the Bar, moved closer to world as a lit le Giant. All other, Giants are ENORMOUS."

to

General Tin continued: "He big that his head and

"Th-that's what I thought, WAS ED waid Teddy. They're all his shoulders--oven when ho ENORMOUS."

was lying down-were hidden In the clouds. But I come up Kharf sald: "They're to him and started climbing up GIGANTIC. That's why they're to his shoulders, for I wanted Glants.

see his face. When I reached his head, I found that he was General Tin nodded to Kaarf. sleeping with his mouth wide. are open. I crept up very carefully Glant

o as not to wake him—and, morg looked down into his mouth, mort Smoke was coming out." Giants

Knart and Teddy hugged each other,

50.

Gian's But this was even and

Besides ealing the flesh possible including rugs, clothing, "Exactly

GIGANTIC, a very good of the animals they raised, the and the wood of their homes, these people people also killed wild animals Many local animals were carved that I saw ilke pigs, deer and wild sheep. or woven into their designs but ENORMOUS Chette found by the diggers was there were plotures of creatures GIGANTIC than most

He was positively still edible, (Their dog

ate that lived in faraway, warmer usually are.

COLOSSALI" climates, too. some.)

"Oh," chattered Toddy, "and These old time Siberians had And this proves that the

were you afraid?" many kinds of iron tools, the tribesmen did not stay at home needles and knew how to cure but wandered over most of Azia, "I might have been," General mouth and I saw flames 'and akins and make ornaments of trading and fighting with Tin admitted slowly. *Only melted rocks." gold. They were also skilled peoples who were perhaps more when I saw this Giant I was artists and decorated everything civilised than they...

CARPETED FLOORS These early Russians de- pended upon the horse for getting from place to place and as many as 20 have been found buried in the grave of an important chief."

The rooms of the tomba were made of logs and thore į were often, carpeta on tho floors. Clothes consisted mainly of fur and leather,: although they also had brandcloth and folt.

The wealth of a kibo was, determined by the number of its horses, their main occupe- inn was trading them with their neighbours, When they were able to find enough parture they also raised sheep. (the wool wAS as good as the best produced today) and goats and yake,

Judging by the fond round Ba the tomba,

moals, consisted chiedy 0% meat and dairy pro-

asleep."

Sleeping Giant "Aalcop?" said Koart.

Melted Rocks

"I looked down Into his

lucky enough Lo And him "O-oh!" sali

Knarf må Teddy,

That's what the Giant ato," sald General Tin. He ate rocks Ha "A and slones and boulders.

ale whole mountaine”

"O-oh....and did you wako. him up?" chattered: Teddy,

General Tin frowned,

Rupert and the Windy Day--20 sleeping Glan!?"

The gitar on the new "lope ša intiger than ever, and there are

spread ourselves out to cover more ground when we reach the trees." Wheal Strada au ̈ bie, soen So Edward goes to hla right' and ** Thale midde til the hill ·· Rupert wi bli left; wud they drop in truther broad," says Geoffrayakan look out. Soon there in a bury Pompey did) roll his chair call from the boy,, and closing, in

corna itzight down. We'd better

they ame him pulling a pashichkir. from a bosh, mak

"Yes," said General Tin, "thij Glant was fast asleep. And here's something else that you won't believe, He had been aleeping for years and and years and years."

years

"You are certainly a more

That's a long time," wald foolish bear than I supposed. Nobody wakes up a Giant who

mountaina

Toddy, the Stuffed Bear.

"And

when this GIGANTIC cats rocks and stones and whate and ENORMOUS Giant was

asleep, no one was afraid of him, not

even

"No, I just climbed down as

the smallest fast as I could, and safled

mouss. They ran up and down away."

fils mides, they played gamez

But when he was awake-that-what was the Giants was different. Everyone run name?" Knarf siked. away from him! They, didn' want to stay near him at all.”

“Mr Volcano" adid. Goberal

Tin "He was an ENORMOUS, “GIGANTIC volcano!"

General Tin shook his hênd. "When the Glant was kwako ? Etarf and Teddy wire flad

kwenthed pats mooke (and bo'was TEL WWRY,