' Pearl;divers-remain under water lroui, fifty to eighty seconds on an average, but. cases have.been reported of their remaining as long as six minutes beneath the surface. . A: modern, riflo bullet will pierce tho carcasses of ■ three horses in succession at 550 vards, or four at half the distance, or kill a man after passing through tho trunk of a thick tree.
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3173, 25 August 1917, Page 9
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61Untitled Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3173, 25 August 1917, Page 9
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