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...curious bird is the pelican...
...Eggs of the halobate, the only seagoing insect in the world, a long-legged ocean pedestrian similar to the fresh-water skipper or water spiders. These eggs, hitherto undiscovered, were found on the floating feathers of gannets (species of pelican...
Contrary to the general impression, there are many students' journals in England published at the different schools and colleges, though none, we believe at Oxford or Cambridge. The names of some of these papers are: The Bathonian, Durham University Journal, Epsomian, Excelsior, Mill Hill, Merchant Company's Schools' Magazine, Pelican, Queen's College Magazine, Reptonian, Rossalian, School Magazine, the Ladies' College Magazine, Cheltenham, and Our Magazine, published at the North London Collegiate School for Girls...
After making these notes, I went and bought a twenty-five-couponed palace-car ticket to Pelican Swamp, for four quids, two drinks, and a bowie-knife; then I sat down and waited half an hour...
...hind feet. At last it was too much for patience; Bill madly pulled the throttle for a final spurt, when, quite unfortunately, - sp-t-t-t-r, - the boiler ripped, all the water trickled helplessly out, and the driving-wheels rolled down either bank. We were half-way to Pelican Swamp after six hours' travelling. I instantly determined to leave the old lady, bab and baggage, to the tender mercies of the railway officials, and I seized my carpet-bag and walked the rest of the way in fifteen minutes...