Bam or snow falls five days out of every six in South Georgia, an outpost of the Antarctic Ocean, east of Cape Horn. Violent gales rage throughout the. yeair. the. wind frequently reaching a velocity of 140 miles an hour.
When ploughing a held at Borewell Farm. Berwick (Scotland), a. horse put its foot into a hole which was found to contain a. cist of the usual type, with a cover and four sandstone side slabs. Inside were the remains of a human being parts of which were well preserved. There were portions of an urn. which appeared to be of the earliest type of the bronze age, and it is computed that it dates from about 1 ">()!) B.C.
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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume XLV, Issue XLV, 4 August 1922, Page 3
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119Untitled Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume XLV, Issue XLV, 4 August 1922, Page 3
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