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...village of Winthrop, near the corner of Buchanan and Pleasant streets. A few days later a group of seven skeletons was found near Bartlett Park and several skulls and other parts were found in the same vicinity. One skull was encased in hammered copper with an outer covering of bark, held together by bands of twisted bark...
...Persimmon. The last of these is in full fruit now, and the frost has rendered the golden fruit quite edible. The greenhouses are filled as full as they can well be with interesting plants, especially those of economic importance, such as the species which furnish coffee, tea, pepper, Peruvian bark, guava, and so on. It seems to be a pity that so many plants are crowded into so small a space, with no chance of properly displaying them, but the new foreman, Mr. Cameron, has shown a great deal of skill in arranging them. He, as well as his first...
...second form, and this one is again mimicked by a third species. Other forms of mimicry are in the resemblance of certain caterpillars to the excrement of birds; the rolling of leaves by caterpillars so as to resemble buds; the coloration of undersides of the wing to look like bark, stones...
...trips in foreign Iands is directly traceable the great popularity which this most delightful of sports now enjoys-indeed he is styled and justly so, the father of modern canoe cruising. Previous to that time the canoe was popularly known in only its original types, the birch bark and the more primitive dugout. Its utility for hunting purposes was recognized, but the making of long cruises, running rapids and riding heavy seas, things which are now an every day experience, were never dreamt of, and considering the canoe's then far from perfect state, would have proved difficult and dangerous...
While drifts our bark. We too shall drift...