NOTES AND QUERIES.

Otago Witness, Issue 1916, 6 November 1890, Page 22

NOTES AND QUERIES.

Mb Tayloh White, of Hawke's Bay, sends ub the following s— The following singular complication is culled trom the Live Stock Journal :— " An Incident hi Horso Breeding.— A few weeks since I pent n mar<-. then heavy in foal, to Mr William FlandPra, Mnpal. Isle ot Ely, to be muted, after pHrtnrit.fon, to his Klienham Cup noree, Reality. In due time the mare gave birth to a filly foal (by the late Lord Derby 2nd), itrong and healthy, but with a bag or ndder fall of milk, which flowed freely from the tents, the mother showing no more tlwn a y»-ld mare. Mr Flanders was in a dilemma, and became very anxious, having never Been or heard of a simi nr case. However, he took means at once to kfep 'he foal going by supplying a substitute for Nature's fluid, an I by dreful nursinit and watchfulness t 1 c spnrk of life was kepfr burning for two or 'three da.y»i When the mare begftnto show, signs of milk the foal was puttc her, but unfortunately the milk wa» tainted; so- ' the Uat state was worse than the first,' the foal becameKslck and weakened, and lay down to die. Mr Flanders' anxiety increased, and be put forthall his ,energieß together with thosi of his son to keep it Hlive while tiie dam was being phyßicked. This bump done, the foal was again put to the dam with the assistance ot one or two men. This time all „was Hunt, and within two days of the crisis, or eight after birth, it was showing marks of play fulnes around the dam. and from the la»t report, a forthliihn after, mare an-i fo.lwere doing welt, the latter's bai; having entirely dried up. Mr Flanders' care could, not be overestimated, and bufr for hid < xperlenne thf f al would have been loife, -(Bi(tned) J. Makbagub. Ohortton-cum-Hjirdy, Manchester, July 7." 1 rep'rt a Hue remarkflbler occurrence which happened in this district some few years back. On Mr John Hoberts' Tantane estate a wether sheep was during the shearing operations found to have an udder full of milk, v and being watched. nfterwurde was seen to take charge of a particular lamb, which it; nourished ahd succeeded In rearing. As my first informantremarked, *f It brought it up, and well too," Thi* faot it known to many living in the district. I believe that tht human male has evrii been re* corded in several instances as secreting milk. MqtEß.Waitßhuna.— The specimen It merely mundic, oj* iron pyrites, and is of no value. B. BrrogXß, Matanra.— lf you 'rfend a specimen or two of the grub, we will endeavour Co reply to your query. ■ i > Mr Taylor, Whjte, Huwke's Bay, .writes :— Some .'four years' 8go i my brother'told me hn Jiad seen a , white h6use Bpahow others of the'ordinaSry ' cplpur, but could not get near enough to Bhoot it. There, is a fine hi ale apeoimeu of South' Island woodh'in— an albino'— ln youriDuriedin 1 Museum; It was caught. by one, of mv brothers ft t Mount Nicholaa', Lake Wakatipn We used to find them about the came place mostly every year. Two were seat to the Zoo Jn liegeut't Pivk. The cknary-cblou'ed flh'ch seen with' 1 green linnets by your' oorreeponrient would be a yellowhammer, ybldring (goldring), yuldie, or yellow bunting. We ,have them here,' and if without those of its specie* \t would associate with 1^ near congener*, tho linnets. I notice our English birds appear of brighter colrUrs than those ot the Old Country ' long before the t-panow was introduce! to New 'Zealand. So much per bead was f aid to Knglich bbys to encourage their dectrnot.ion. The money 'was sometimes, paid from the church rates by the churchwardens of certain'pariihes. When a boy t , vied to collect theheads. and' receive payment for 1 'sime So you see there is no room for, surprise afc these been found desttadtive in a neV country. I remember whole rows of pens with the pods hanging empty on the plants. There oro no humble bees as yet in HuwTteVßay.' I would »ak through your ftotes nnd Queries column : Cnn snv old settlers remember and describe the real Miorf ,aog as domectijatt-d or iv v wild state, tize, colour, l^ngt,h of hair, thape of ears aud faff ? Or deicribeth6 wild dogs killed nn Fl'-e Riv.ru when that part was owned by Mr FitzwiiHam W^ntworth, about 1860-01 ? Scientists are divided as towhether the Maori do^ was &mall and feeble, only eaten bf the Maori, snd too feeble to hunt or care Wr itself Others, lik<> myself. mHintnin it was a dog of fair size, as Urge as a sheep dog, and tobe found wild by tl,e e»rly tcttltr* We are only now finding that several iliafciticb species of Maori rat are living with us to day. hut have hitherto been orerlooked. Why not the Maori dog also ? Builder, Macraes.— The calculation In a vory simple ohe. Multiply the leng' h by the width to find tjie number of feet m one plfce, thenmultiply by the number <>f pieces. It more than ah Inoh thick, multiply l by the thickness as well. Subscbibkb, Mariuka Greek.— The present price of flax tow Is from 50s to 60s' per ton in Dunedin. Ib is used largely' In first stuffings in upholstery work. MINBB, Cromwell.— Mr A Beverly replies : The ' |Aiaie6,' or conical entrance, increases t.he presiure* slightly by diminiuhhiK thu resistance at the entrance when Hie wat<r Is flowing. But when, the delivery end is closed the oreosure is exactly tlie same w Ith or v, ii hout a gusset. W.b., Kaltangata,— O cannot remove any fixtures. SubsciUßßK.-O) Yes, (2), Anywhere. (3; Slgnlcatnrendf parties to trat.sfflrsumc'ent. (4) No; unlens assigned to him by trustee In bankruptcy. "(A) Yes