A man who went to sleep under a tree in the Square, Palmerston North, on Tuesday, was robbed of his watch. All animals have a weather instinct. The approach of rain is indicated by the flight of swallows, by the cries of waterfowl, and by the actions of cows and pigs. It is recorded of those greyhounds of the Atlantic, the Campania and Lucania, that they consume 600 tons of coals every day they are driven to their utmost speed. The Duke of Bedford has received a consignment of 3000 frogs, which have been turned into the lakes on his Woburn estate to clear them of parasites.
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1190, 21 December 1894, Page 26
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107Untitled New Zealand Mail, Issue 1190, 21 December 1894, Page 26
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