DANIEL AND THE LIONS.
Among Admiral Mark Kerr's amusing stories is the following: "A Scotsman, a famous character in the Navy of days gone by, was taking some examinations. One of the questions was to describe different electric batteries, and among them one was named the Daniel cell.
Jock's reply was: "About Daniel's cell very little is known, but it is generally supposed to have been a bare den furnished with lions, but as Daniel is dead, and the lions are dead, what on earthy is tlio good of raking up an old story
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19714, 13 August 1927, Page 5 (Supplement)
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94DANIEL AND THE LIONS. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19714, 13 August 1927, Page 5 (Supplement)
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