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CHAPTER XIV'[.—(Continued.)
"London le uninhabitable to me, if I
do as you eta." he said.
She looked up, the tears escaping
roan her eyes.
"Ah. and the world to me, if you,
.don't,"
George eat down in an arm-ohair; he
abandoned the hope of running' away
Neaera rose, pushed baok her hair
from her face, and fixed her eyes eag-
erly on him. He looked down for an in-
stant. and she shot a hasty glance at
the mirror, and then oolicentrated her
gaze on him again, a little anxious
smile coming to her lips.
"You will?" she asked in a whisper.
George petulantly threw his gloves on
a table near him. Neaera advanced,
and knelt down beside him, laying' her
hand on hie shoulder.
"You have made nee 'cry so much,"
she said. "See, my eyes are dim. You
won't make me cry any morel"
George looked at the bright eyes,
half veiled in tears, and the mouth
trembling on the brink of fresh weep-
Lng. And the eyes and mouth were
very good.
"It is Gerald," she said; "he is so
ferlot. And the shame, the shame!"
"You don't know, what it means to
ruse"
"I do indeed: I know it is hard. But
you are generous. ' No, no, _.don't turn
your face away!"
George still sat silent. Neaera took
his hand in hers.
"Ah, do!" she said..
George walled—at himself, not at
Neaera.
"Well, don't cry any more," said he,
"or the eyes will be red as well as dim."
"You will, you will?" she whispered
eagerly.
Ile nodded.
"Ah, you are good! God bless you,
George: you are good,"
"No. I am only weak."
Neaera swiftly bent and kissed his
hand. "The hand that gives me life,"
she said.
"Nonsense," said George, rather.
rotlg'hly.
-"Will yon,:clear me altogether?"
"Oh, yea; everything or nothing."
"Will you give me that—that oharac-
ter?"
Yes."
She seized his reluctant hand, and
kissed it again.
I have your word?"
"You have."
She leapt up, suddenly radiant.
"Ah, George, Cousin George, how I
love you! Where is it?"
George took the document out of his
Pocket.
Neaera seized it. "Light a candle,"
shd cried.
George with an amused smile obey-
ed cher.
"You bold .the candle, and . I will
burn it!" And she watched the pa-
per consumed with the look of a glee-
ful child. Then she suddenly stretch-
ed her arms. "Oh, I am tired,"
"Poor ohild!" said George. "You can
leave it to me now."
"However shall I repay you? I nev-
er can." Then she suddenly saw, the
eat, ran to hire, and picked him up.
"We are forgiven, Bob, we are for-
given!" she cried, dancing about the
room.
George watched her with amusement.
She put the oat down and came to
him. , you have made me happy.
Is -that enough?"
It is something," said be.
"And here is something morel" And
elle threw her arms round his neck, and
kissed him. -
That's [better," said George. "Any
morel"
Not till we are cousins."
"Be gentle in your triumph."
"No, no; don't talk like that. Are
you going?"
Yes. I stunt go and put things
straight."
"Good-bye. I—I hope you won't
find it very hard.
"I have been paid in advance,"
Neaera blushed a little.
"You sf&all be better paid, if ever I
can," she said.
George paused outside, to light a oig-
arette; then he struck into the park,
and walked slowly along, meditating_an
he went. When he ha -rived at Hyde
Park Corner, he roused himself from
his reverie,
Now the woman was very fairl" said
he, as be hailed a hansom.
CHIAPTF,R XV.
Mrs. Pocklington eat with blank
amazement in her face. and a copy of
the second edition of the Bull'e-eye in
her hand. On the middle page,iri type
widely spaced, beneath a noble bead-.
line, appeared a letter from George
Nestoln, running thus:—
To the Editor of the Bull's-eye.
"Sir,
'As you have been good enough
to interest yourself, and, 1 hope, for-
tunate enough to interest your readers,
in the subject of oertain allegations
made by me in respect of a lady whose
name hats been mentioned In your col-
umns, 1 have the honour to inform you
that such allegations were entirely
balseless the result of a chance resem-
blance between that lady and another
^' person, and of my own _tasty concl u-
nions drawn therefrom.. I have with-
drawn all my assertions, fully and un-
reservedly, and have addressed apologiea
for them to these who had a right to
receive apologies.
I have the honor tobe,sir,
"Your obedient servant,
"George Neston."
And then a column of exultation, sa-
tire, ridicule, preaching, praying, pro-
Thesying, moralising, and what not.
he pen flew with wing, ofjoy, and
ink was nothing regarded on hat day.
Mrs. Pocklington was a kind-bearted
woman; yet, when she read a sister's
vindication, she found nothing better
to safthan—
gow very provoking,"
And it may be that this unregenerate
exclamation fairly summed up public
peeling, if only public feeling had heen
Indecent enough to show itself openly.
A man shown to be a fool is altogether
too eommcm a +spectacle; a woman of
• fashion proved a thief would have been
a more piquant dish. But in this
world—and, indeed, probably in any
other—we must take what we can get;
se�.nnd since society could not trample on
Neaera Witt., it. oanaoled itself by eor-
reetiog and chastening the misguided
spirit of George Neston. Tommy Myles
+shook his empty little head, and all the
1 other empty heads shook solemnly in
time. Isabel Bourne said she knew she
was right, and Sidtuouth Vane thought
1 there must be something behind—he al-
ways did, as became a statesman in the
raw. Mr. Espion re-echoed his own
1 leaders, like aphonograph; and the
chairman of the Themis thanked
Heaven they were orit of an awkward
job.
But wrath and fury raged in the
breast of Laura Pocklington. She
thought George had made a fool of her.
He had persuaded her to come over
to his side, and had then betrayed the
of th
VS0 ours. There would be boy in Ga
urs. or, in other words, Isabel
Bourne and Maud Neston would orow
over her insupportably,
'I will never see him or mak to hila
again, niamma,' declared Laura, Pas-
sionately. "He has behaved abomin-
ably!"
This announcement rather took the
wind out of Mss. Pocklington's sails.
She was just preparing to bear majesti-
cally down upon her daughter with a
stern ultimatum to the effect that, for
the present, George must be kept at a
distance, and daughters must I e guided
by their mothers. At certain moments
nothing is more annoying than to meet
with agreement, when -one intends to
extort submission.
Po Good t gracious, Laura!" said Mrs.
the new " "you can't care much for
"Care for him! I detest himl"
"My dear, is hardly leeLee like it."
"You must allow me some self-re-
apect, mamma,"
Mr. Pooklington, entering, overheard
thest words. 'Hallo," said he: What's
the matter?"
"Why, nay dear, Laura declares that
she will have nothing to say to George
Neston."
Well, that's just your own view,
isn't it?" A silenoe ensued, "It seems
to me you are agreed." •
It- really did look like it; but they
had been on the verge of a pretty quar-
rel all the same; and Mr. Pocklington
wee confirmed in the opinion he had
lately begun to entertain that, when
paradoxes of mental process are in ques-
tion, there is in truth not much to
choose between wives and daughters.
Meanwhile, George Neston was stead-
ily and unflinchingly devouring his
humble -pie. He sought and obtained
Gerald's forgiafeness, after half an hour
of grovelling abasement. He listened
to Tommy Myles's grave rebuke and
Sidmouth Vane'& cynical raillery with-
out a smile or a tear. He even brought
himself to accept with docility a letter
full of Christian feeling which Isabel
Bourne was moved to write.
All these things, in fat affected him
little in comparison with the great
question of his relations with the Pock-
lingtons. That, he felt, must be set-
tled at once, and, with his white sheet
yet round him and his taper still in
his hand, he went to call on Mrs. Pock-
lington.
He found that lady in an attitude of
aggressive tranquility. With careful
ostentation she washed her hands cf
the whole affair. Left to her own
way, she might have been inclined to
consider that George's foolish reckless-
ness had been atoned for by his manly
retractation—or, on the other hand,
might not. It mattered very Little
which would have been the ease; and,
if it comforted him, he wars at liberty
to suppose that she would have ern -
braced the.former opinion. The decis-
ion did not lie with her. Let him ask
Laura and Laura's father. They. had
made up their minds, and it was not in
her province or power to try to change
their minds for them. -In fact, Mrs.
Pocklington took up the position which
Mr. Spenlow has made famous—only she
had two partners where Mr. Spenlow
had but one. George had a shrewd idea
that her neutrality covered a favorable
inclination towards himself, and thank-
ed her warmly for not ranking herself
among his enemies.
"I am 'even emboldened," he said, "to
ask your advice how I can best over-
come Miss Pocklington's adverse opin-
fon."
"Laura thinks you have made her
look foolish. You see, she took your
cause up rather warmly."
"I know. She was most generous."
You were so very confident."
"Yee; but one little thing at the en
tripped me up. I couldn't have 'fore-
seen it. Mrs. Pocklington, do you think
she will be very obdurate?"
"Oh, I've nothing to do with it. Don't
ask me."
I wish I could rely on your influ-
ence."
1 haven't any influence," declare
Mrs. Pocklington. "She's as obstinate
as a—as resolute as her father."
George rose to" go. -Re was rather
disheartened ; therice he had to pay
for the luxury oft generosity seemed
very high.
Mrs. Pocklington was moved to pity.
"George," she said, "I feel like a traitor,
but I will give you one little bit of
advice:'
"Ah 1" cried George, his face bright-
ening. "What is it, my dear Mrs.
Pocklington ?"
As to my husband, I say nothing
but as to Laura--"
Yes, yes l"
"Let her alone—absolutely."
"Let her alone! But that's giving
it up."
"Don't call, don't write, don't be
known to speak to her. There, I've
done what I oughtn't; but you'rean
old friend of mine, George."
"But I say, Mrs. Pocklington, won't
some other fellow seize the chance?"
"if she likes you best, what does that
matter? f she doesn't--" Arid
Mrs. Pocklington shrugged her shoul-
ders.
George was convinced by this logic.
"I will try," he said.
"Try 9"
"Yes, try to let her alone. But, it's
difficult."
"Stuff and nonsense. Laura isn't in-
dispensable."
"I know those are not your real
views."
"You're not her mother; for which
you may thank Heaven."
"I do," said George, and took bis
leave, rather ccmeoled. He would have
been even more cheerful had he known
that Laura's door was ajar, and Laura
was listening for the bang of the hall
door. When she heard it, she went
down to her mother.
"Who was your visitor, mamma9"
"Oh, George Neston."
"What did he come about?"
"Welt, my dear, to see me, I sup -
"And what did be find to say for him-
self 9"
"Oh, we hardly talked about that
affair at all. However, he seems in
very good spirits."
"I'm sure he had no business to be."
" erha.ps not, my dear ; but he was."
"t ,didn't know it was Mr. Neston.
I'1i so glad I didn't Dome down."
Mrs. Pooklington went on knitting.
I expect he knew why."
Mrs. Pocklington counted three pearl
and three plain.
d
d
"Did he say anything about it, mam-
ma l"
"One, two, three. About what, dear?"
"Why, about—about my not coiling?"
"No. I suppose he thought you were
out."
llid you. tell him so?"
"He didn't ask, my dear. He has
other things to think about than being
attentive to young woolen."
"It's very lucky he has," said Laura,
haughtily.
y dear, he lets you alone. Why
can't you let him alone?"
Laura took up a book, and Mrs.
Pocklington counted her stitches in a
brisk and cheerful tone.
It will be seen that George had a
good friend in Mrs. Pocklington. In
truth he needed some kindly counten-
u.nce, for society at large had gone
mad in praise of Neaere and Gerald.
They were the faehion. Everybody
tried to talk to them; everybody wan
coming to the wedding ; everybody rav-
ed about Neaera's sweet patience and
Gerald's unwavering faith. When
Neaera drove her lover round the park
in her victoria, their journey was a
trlumphal progress; and only the bur-
den of preparing for the wedding- pre-
vented the pair beteg honored guests
at every select gathering. Gerald walk-
ed on air. His open hopes were realised.
his secret fears laid to rest; while Nea-
era's exaggeeated excuse for George be-
trayed,to his eyes nothing but the ex-
ceeding sweetness of her disposition.
Her absolute innocence explained and
justified her utter absence of resent-
ment, and must, Gerald felt, add fresb
pangs to George's remorse and shame.
These pangs Gerald did not feel it his
duty to mitigate. ,
Thursday came, and Monday was the
wedding day. The atmosphere was
-think with new clothes, cards of inhita-
tion, presents, and congratulations. A
thorny question had arisen as to whe-
ther George should betlevited. Neaera's
decision was in his favor, and Gerald
himself had written the note, hoping
all the while that his cousin's own
good sense would keep him away.
"It wduld be hardly decent in him
to come," he said to his father.
"I daresay he will make some ex-
cuse," answered Lord Tottlebury. "But
I hope you won't keep up the quar-
rel."
uay
re"
"Keepup the quarrel, By jove, fa-
ther, Im too happy to quarrel."
"Gerald," said Maud Npston, enter-
ing, "here's such a funny letter for
youl I wonder -it ever reached."
She held out a dirty envelope, and
read the address—
"Mr. Neston, Esq.,
Him Lordship Tottilberry,,
'London."
"Who in the world is it?" asked
Maud, laughing.
Gerald had no secrets.
"I don't knew," said he. "helve it to
me, and ;we'll see." He ppened the
letter. The first thing he came up-
on was a piece of tissue paper neatly
folded. Opening it, he found it to be
a ten -pound note. "Hullo! is this a
wdding present?" said he with a laugh.
"Ten poundal How funny!" exclaim-
ed Maude "Is there no letter?"
"Yes, here's a letter," And Gerald
read it to himself.
The letter ran as follows, saving cer-
tain eccentricities of spelling which
need not be reproduced:—
"Sir,
I don't rightly know whether this
here is your money or Nery's. Nor I
don't know where it comes from, after
what you said when you was here with
her Friday. I can work for my liv-
ing, thanks be to Him to whom thanks
is due, and I don't put money in my
pocket as I don't know whose pocket
it come out of.
"Your humble servant,
"Susan Bort."
"Susan Bort!" exclaimed Gerald.
"Now, who the deuce is Susan Bort,
and what the deuce does she mean?"
"Unless you tell us what she says
began Lord Tottlebury.
Gerald read the letter again, with a
growing feeling of uneasiness. He no-
ticed that the postmark was Liverpool.
It so chanced that he had not been
to Liverpool for more than a year.
And who was Susan Bort?
He got up, and, making an apology
for not reading out his letter, went to
his own room to consider the matter.
'Nery?' " said he. "And ii I
wasn't there, who was?"
It was generous of George Neston to
shield Neaera at Liverpool. It was
also generous of Neaera to send Mrs.
Bort ten pounds immediately after that
lady had treated her so cruelly. It
was honest of Mrs. Bort to refuse to
accept money which she thought might
be the proceeds of burglary. To these
commendable actions Gerald was in-
debted for the communication which
disturbed his bliss.
"I wonder if Neaera can throw any
light on it," said Gerald. "It's very
queer. After lunch, I'll go and see
her."
CHAPTER XVI.
Mr. Blodwell was entertaining Lord
Mapledurham at luncheon at the The-
mis Club. The Marquis was not in an
agreeable mood. He was ill, and when
he was ill he was apt to he oross. His
host's calm satisfaction with the issue
of the Neston affair irritated him.
"Really, Btfrdwell," he said, "I some-
times think a lawyer's wig is like Sam-
son's hair. When he takes it off, he
takes off all his wits with it. Your
simpplicity is positively childish."
Mr. Blodwell gurgled contentedly
over a basin of soup.
"I think no evil unless I'm paid for
it," he said, wiping his mouth. 'George
found he was wrong, and said so."
"1 saw the girl in the Park yester-
day," the Marquis remarked. "She's a
pretty girl."
"Uncommonly. But I'm not aware
that being pretty makes a girl a
thief."
"No, but it makes a man a fool."
"My dear Mapledurhaml"
"Did he ever tell you what he found
out at Liverpool?"
"Did he go to Liverpool?"
"Did he go? God bless the mail Of
course he went, to look for—"
Lord Mapledusham stopped, to see
who was throwing a shadow over his
plate.
May I join you?" asked Sidmouth
Vane, who thought he was conferring
a privilege. "I'm interested in what
you are discussing."
Oh, it's you, 1s it? Have you been
listening'?"
"No, hut everybody's discussing it.
Now, I agree with you, Lord Maple-
durharn. It's a put-up job."
"I expect you t.honght it was a put-
up job when they baptised you, didn't
you?" inquired the Marquis.
"And looked for poison in your bot-
tle?" added Blodwell.
Vane gently waved hie band, as if
to scatter these clumsy sarcasms. "A
man may not be sixty and yet not be
an ass," he languidly observed. "Wait-
er, some salmon, and a pint of 44."
"And may he sixty and yet he an
us, eh?" said the Marquis, chuckling.
"Among ourselves, whyjio you sup-
pose he let her off?" asked Vane.
The Marquis pushed back his chair.
"My young friend, you are too w
Something will happen to you." '
"Hallo," exclaimed Vane, "Here's
Gerald Neston,:"
Gerald came hastily up to Mr. Blod-
well. "Do you know where George
is?" he asked. •
"I believe he's in the club some-
where," answered Mr, Blodwell.
" Ntt, he isn't. I want to see him
on business."
Lord nw
your father, Mr Nest rose. h I ksaid
You must allow, me to shake hands
with you, and congratulate you en
your approaching marriaa.ge."
Gerald received hie ldongregtulatlons
with an absent air: "I must go and
find George," he said, and went out..
There!" Bald Vane, triumphantly.
Don't you see there's something up
now?"
The elder men tried to snub bim,
but they glanced at one Another and
silently admitted that it looked as if
he were right.
Mrs. Bort's tette had stirred into ac-
tivity all the doubts that Gerald Nes-
to had tried to stifle, and had at last
succeeded in silencing. • There was a
darkly mysterious tone about the doc-
ument that roused bis suspicions. Ei-
ther there was a new and a more un-
sorupulgus plot against his birde, or
else ---Gerald did not finish his train
of thought, but he determined to see
Neaera at once, as George could not be
found without a journey to the Tem-
ple, and a journey to the Temple was
twice as faras a journey to Albert
Mansions. Nevertheless, had Gerald
known what was happening at the Tem-
ple, he would have gone there first;
for in George's chambers, at that very
moment, George was sitting in his chair,
gazing blankly at Neaera Witt, who
was walking restlessly up and down
"You- sent her ten pounds?" he gasp-
ed.
Yee, yes," said Neaera. "I can't let
the creature starve."
(To be continued).
MODERN WARFARE,
A Single Encounter Would Probably De-
cide the Issue.
Summing up the whale question, as
between any European peace -trained
armies of the present day, the extreme
percentage of loss to be anticipated loc-
ally,
oo-ally, i. e., on -particular brigades and
divisions will not exceed one in three
(of which one is killed to four wounded),
whereas for whole armies of a quarter
of a million and over one in ten is the
very outside punishment we may reas-
onably expect.
Compared to the slaughter of the
Seven Years' War and the best con-
tested fields• of the Napoleonic period,
this is very little indeed. At Zorndorf
the Russians left 21,000 out of 52,000 on
the ground, and, though this is undoubt-
edly the bloodiest battle recorded since
the introduction of portable firearms,
Eylau, Friedla.nd, Wagram and Boro-
dino all exceed his figures for any
pitched battle since the breechloader
appeared in the field, Moreover, the
horror of the whole thiing is not to to
measured by figures of percentages
only, but by the density in which the
killed and wounded lie, and the fate of
the latter afterwards. In a modern
battle 20,000 men would fall on an area
of about twenty square miles; at Zorn-
dorf the 21,000 Russians and 12,000 Prus-
sians lay on a single square mile, and
of the wounded not one in three sur-
vived, whereas in 1870 nine out of ten
recovered, and the Prussian medical
staff anticipate even better results next
time.
But death on the battlefield is by far
the least of the two evils the soldier
has to face. There is death on the Line
of march and in hospitals along the road.
Whereas, formerly, particularly under
Napoleon, teen would die by the way
for one who fell in action, in the last
Franco-German war only one man died
of disea$e for the two killed in action.
Indeed, the health of men in the. full
prime of life was actually slightly bet-
ter in the field than in quarters.
It may, however, be argued that, even
granted that battles and marches may
be less destructive, there will be more
of them, because every able-bodied man
being trained for war, the resistance
will be more prolonged than formerly;
but this prolonged endurance is only
conceivable under the supposition that
the leaders on both sides are hopelessly
incompetent, and both fear to stake all
on a aingle collision, a supposition that
nothing tends to justify, On the con-
trary, every leader brought up in the
modern school is taught to understand
the vulnerability of all modern milit-
tary organizations and is penetrated
with the conviction that one downright
"knockout" blow effects more than
weeks of purposeless sparring; and
where both start determined to bring
matters to a climax, the decision ,can
not long be delayed. Judging from
what we know of the relative effici-
ency of continental armies, we believe
that the first round of the great en-
counter will also be the last; for the
momentum of the blow which decides
will simply paralyze every nerve of the
opponent's body; and, adding up- all
sources of casualities that can occur in
a short campaign of this description,we
conclude that at the very worst the act-
ual cost in human life to the Powers
engaged will not amount to more than
5 per cent. of their several populations,
or almost idefit.ically the same percent-
age as the influenza epidemic of 1891-2
cost Germany, and rather less than the
same epidemic cost usi I To suppose
thit this degree of blood -guiltiness
would chain the wills of any respon-
sible body of statesmen who helieved
that they were acting in the interests
of their country is surely too utopian
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aroused in the minds of the naval offi-
cials on board concerning the ease
with which telegraph cables could he
interrupted. It was pointed out in the
House of Lords in 1885 that as long ago
as 1876, when there were great alarms
in England as to a Russian war, that
the Russian Government had taken
measures for cutting the submarine ca-
bles, and for equipping ships for that
purpose. It was said at the time, and
on good authorit§, that there was a
carefully elaborated scheme for taking
measures against the British submarine
cables in the Eastern waters. A Rus-
sian journal said the other day: "In
case of an armed conflict between this
country and England, our first task
would be to block England's commun-
ications with Australia." The gravi-
ty of the contingency is being fully
recognized in British naval circles.
When it is called to mind that the depth
of the water between Land's End and
the Wolf Rock is about 35 fathoms, and
it is observed that of the cables in the
Java Sea and in the southwestern por-
tion of the China Sea, on which the
British communication with the Far
East and Australia depends, there are
some 3,500 miles lying in water less
than 50 fathoms In depth (a great
portion of it being in water of 20 or
30 fathoms), it is clear that the ease
with which communication could be cut
off is beyond disputer In a report by
the hydrographer on the proposed Pa-
cific cable, the general conclusion is in
favor of triplicating, by means of sea
cables, thole portions of the existing
route to Australia, at present duplicat-
ed by foreign land lines. At all events,
the recent object lesson, which prob-
ably every civilized nation will make
careful note of, is likely not only to
influence the existing plans for the lay-
ing of contemplated lines, but to mod-
ify the general views in regard to the
running of submarine telegraph ca-
bles, and their effectual protection.
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CROCODILE AND OCTOPUS.
A Battle Witnessed on the Orinoco River.
Capt. Scott, of the bark Sylvia, novo
in this port, tells of a remarkable oo-
currence he witnessed a few weeks ago
near the mouth of the Orinoco River.
"Wo were bound for Rio de Janeiro,"
he said, "and were abopit a mile from
the mouth of the Orinoco River whew
my attention was called to a singular
disturbance in the sea, near shore. It
looked like a great fountain of spray,
which moved from one place to another.
I had never seen anything like it, and,
there being no storm a.nd no sunken
rocks along that part of the cosSrm�
was at a toes to account for the phen-
omenon. Lowering a boat, I took two
sailors and we rowed to within a short
distance of it before we could form any
idea of what caused the cloud of
spray.
A large octopus and a mammoth
crocodile were !fighting. The octopus
had evidently occupied some deep water
near the river, while the crocodile had
been borne. into t hr ocean by the cur-
rent. The octapu,s had thrown one of
his tentacles around the saurian, and
the latter's thick hide had prevented
the cups from obtaining their usual
hold. The, crocodile with a powerful ef-
fort had freed himself, and in turn at-
tacked the octopus. The long tentacles
of the octopus would be thrown into
the air and entwine themselves around
the crocodile, which lashed the sea into
fury with the powerful strokes of his
tail. As we watched, several of the
arms were cut off as if by a cleaver by
the Lail of the erocodile, hut the octopus)
threw out others to lake their places.
Finally, after we had watched the fight
for ha11 an hour, with honors seeming-
ly about. even, the octopus made the
mistake of trying to gather the erect -
dile in and strike him with his Irak.
This put the fish at. the mercy of
the reptile, he opened his ponderous
jaws and chased t hem upon the head of
he octopus, ant! Ln a few minutes the
crocodile had succeeded In killing his
enemy, and getting to the beach. We
returned to hhe ship and procured guns
reit when we rearheri the land we could
find no trace of the Crocodile, he evi-
dently having made his way info the
river again. The onto rite was floating
on lop of the ocean, and was the largest
I ever aa.W."
A hornet's nest usually contains from
300 to 400 perfect. males end femnlea
and an indefinite number of workers.
Tice European hornet is mush larger
than the commix eases and bas a tem-
per in proportion to its size.