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New Zealand Herald, Volume XII, Issue XII, 3 July 1875, Page 3

PkkioljS oi* ]N( riiATioN.—A Hwan sits 42 days; parrots, -10 days; geese, ;;0 days;, ducks, 'JO days; liens, 21 days; pigeons, 10 days; canaries, 1-4 day*. Tho temperature of hatching is Fahrenheit. Tiik Am'Hakkt.—Tiiis most important invention is ascribed to a Plueniciau. vious to this invention, pictures or hioroglyphics were used to record events, and I letters Were probably a generalization of 1 these. At this day the Chinese have no letters, but have '214 keys to classes of words, distinguished by tho number of strokes comprised in each. The English language has 'J(i letters; the French 23, Hebrew 22; the Arabic 2S. There are at present about three hundred various alphabets. The Mosgrrro as a Bknkkaitok of tiik Human Rack.—This tuneful insect, hitherto considered an unmitigated pest, with no redeeming qualities, has at la«t. found a defender iu the person of Dr. S. W. Francis, fellow of the Now York Academy of Modicine, who, after making the preliminary statement that these winged pests arc produced in the low swampy, marshy districts, says: " Taking as my standpoint the aphorism that all things were created for some good purpose, it ia my firm conviction that tho. mosquito was created for driving man from mala rial districts; for Ido not believe that in nature auy season where chills and fever prevail can be free from this little animal. Now if man will not go after the warning is given in humming accents, then the mosquito, injects liypodermieally, a little liquid which answers two purposes—firstly, to render the blood thin enough to be drawn up through its tube; and, secondly, in order to i iuject that which possesses the principles of I quinine."