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A singular literary discovery was made at the monastery of Mekilaristra, in the island of St. Lazarui, at Venice. A pet monkey had climed to the top of a bookcese, and was amusing itself in imitating the grimaces of a venerable monk, who waß trying to induce it to de cend. The animal, in a sudden freak, seized hold of a bundle of papers, and, breaking the string, showered down on the father's head a number of letters, the ink of which had b'come yellow with age. They prov I to be a long correspondence between Lord Byron and the monks of St. Lazarus, with whom he had once reddec.

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Tuapeka Times, Volume XX, Issue 1334, 16 March 1887, Page 6

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Untitled Tuapeka Times, Volume XX, Issue 1334, 16 March 1887, Page 6

Untitled Tuapeka Times, Volume XX, Issue 1334, 16 March 1887, Page 6

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