AN INTERESTING COLLECTION.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXXII, Issue 5709, 10 January 1876, Page 3

AN INTERESTING COLLECTION.

A /•>(>i,<h!I('yi, collection of reuiaikablc inLi ust, the T'n, u i states, more particulaily to 1/ >n lonus, h.i-. boon added dmimj the |iu-mt yc.u to the Blitinh .Museum. It consists of the Thames Y.illoy bcnes of iominis of lintidi elephants, rhinocei i, dec, <i\, iVi 1 , whnh have been discoveiod in the llfnid Mi^'us, ni'ir Stiattoid, dining the past .'!0 ye u uid has hitherto foi'iud the puvato t olJfL Lion of Sir Antonio Hiadv, ol 1'oiiiL. Tlioimtuic and value of this 10II1 1 tion, as now exhibited at the Hntii>h Musonin, will appear fioin the following tacts : — It contains remains of no lcsa than 100 ekphanK all of which h.u e been obtainul iiom lltoid These aie lefciiablu to two speurs, \i/., l']lifihn> /niiiiit/< .>!<•<, the m.immoth, and Jj. nntt'/mi-,, amoie soiulu in form. Tlie skeletona ot cah bpciic> aie ii'])rcsented by many line examples, and the collection of teetli and j,n\ -, lepiesdit elephants of every a#e and si/c, fioin the snckin;,' ealt, with milk niolai.s. to the patn.ueli ot the In ath, whosclastinul us aie bo worn that they must lu\e bei-ome useless for gi Hiding his food. One thai i< tei - istie of the llfoid elepliauts is the nmnbei ot the plates m tlie last molar tooth, winch has iiL\er been tound to exci'ed IJ> or 'JO, as against the 21^ .and sometimes 28 m other .species. Tlie laigest tooth is lOin. in length Tlie rhinoeeri ot the Thames Valley aie le presented by 80 lcinains, of three spe< it s, distinguished by tlu> ehaiactei oi the absence of the bouey na^al wplum — \ i/ , lihinui <to\ ufifitnjtiiii*, I'. l< /itorhnius, and 1! tbhorlttini'. The \'>\ ltish lion, which leeent geology shows to be no myth, is lejirescnti d by a lowoi ja\/ and a phalanx ot the kit toie-foot. Tin- Hiady collection also includes the Thames \ alley hippopotamus, wlmh is tound atCJia^-. as well as at llford. The ruimnants, siioh as the stag, bison, and o\, foiihtitnto fully one halt the collection, numbeiing moio than f>00 s])e< uiieiu They incluilL. seven ot th< <^i c vt lush e\k(M<</(i"i<i, Ilituniirus) and ot tlie led deci .

"Oh, yes, gimme a alulling'H wtitli of hair-pins," .iddod .111 up livoi faimei, -is li" was about to lea\ e a stoio, and, while tiny wore lii'ini,' li.indt'd down, Ik; continued : II It's li'.ir inns to d ly ,uid iilibms (<i moiiou, .uul .1 toothlii ush nc\f day Tin gal'.s alw.iy-. wanting some Hun II 1111 thin ', and 1 shouldn't be hiirprisi.il if sir M soin.day got up and uant 1110 to hi 11115 I"'"il' <"it ot them coinhs with a Iji.ish hack." (Jhionic Calvnli : Caiholic acid, twdi'\ diops; powdi-nd .sulph.itr of 11011, two dr.icliHis ; powdeiod loot, thico drachms. Mi\ woll together, ami yive tins III one dose onoo a day until youi animal is relieved. Blister for Jtingbone. : Take ot stron ' niercuiial ointment two ounces ; oil ol oiiganuin, two drachms; powdeied mphoi biuni, one and and a half dra< hiu.s ; powdered cantharidea, two drachms— mixed thoi oughly. I'retty Assistant — "Won't you please make a small purchase for the benefit ot the dumb animals, sir ?" Young man (with big eais— " No, thank yer, I'm not interested in dumb brutes myself." Pretty Assistant — "Oil, but you must symphathizo with the young donkeys, sir." Young man keeps dumb.