ON THE RIVER
A single gray cloud is floating in tn» sky, And my boat is alone on the river. Now the moon is climing the heavens, .And sinking into the water; The cloud is gray no longer And I am happier in my boat alone on tile; river. —Tchan-Jo-Sn. There are poisons, which are rapidly fatal to man, yet which have comparatively little effect upon animals. Dogs and horses,can take ten times as much morphine in comparison to their body weight as man can. The pigeon can take 500 times as much, while a- frog is unhurt by a dose a thousand times greater, weight for weight, than one which will kill a. human being.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 12784, 30 October 1919, Page 9
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116ON THE RIVER Star (Christchurch), Issue 12784, 30 October 1919, Page 9
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