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Coolidge went into British East Africa last April. He traveled on the railroad as far as Nairobi, where he arranged for an escort of natives. He then took the railway to Kizabe, where he struck out into the wilderness. After leaving Kizabe he traveled with an ox-wagon across a waterless plain, where it was impossible to go with native bearers, as far as the Wandorobo River. Coolidge spent a month in the forest country in the vicinity of the river, where he found an abundance of game. He then returned to the railway, where he was joined by Colby...
...speaking of the conditions of Aegean institutions before their destruction under the stress of the migration, Mr. Murray said that the ox was formerly considered almost as a part of the family, so important was he in tribal affairs...
MENU of today's Table d'hote dinner at the French Restaurant, 3 Linden street, from 12 to 2 and 6 to 7 p. m.; 50c. Soup: Ox-tail a l'Anglaise. Fish: Escalloped Oysters, Boston style. Joint; Boiled Turkey, Celery Sauce. Roast Rib of beef. Entree: Veal fricassee with peas. Macaroni aux tomates. Vegetables: Stewed Corn and Potatoes. Dessert. Cream Cakes. Coffee. First class board. Club room and tables...
...courage. To serve God the most necessary of all things is courage. From the first to the last is needed bravery and firmness. There is always temptation to be faced, trials and dangers to be met,- without independence and a firm courage we cannot do it. Next is the ox, the being standing for strength brought under discipline. To be acceptable to God we must learn to sacrifice our own desires, to submit to His will. The third being had the face of a man, and the chief attribute of man is intelligence. We cannot do anything without intelligence...
...articles of necessity and consumption would naturally be those in which the alien would triumph over the native nomenclature. In the third class we should of course expect to find the greatest number of examples,- the producers being Saxon and the consumers Norman. Thus for instance we have ox, sheep, calf, swine, on the one hand, to designate the thing produced, all Saxon-and, on the other, beef, mutton, veal, pork, all Norman-French-to indicate the thing consumed. In the same way while the names of the various grains continue Saxon as well as the product of the inferier...