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A Welshman was fined fifteen pounds last week for fishing for salmon
with a lamp. Defendant's plea, that he was merely investigating the
scientific question of whether salmon yawn in their sleep, was not
accepted.
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[Illustration: "WELL, ANYHOW, NO ONE COULD TELL THAT THIS WAS ONCE A
BRITISH WARM."]
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MORE BOAT-RACE "INTELLIGENCE."
"The Oxford crew had a hard training for an hour and a-half
under the direction of Mr. Harcourt Gold, who is to catch them
at Putney."--_Evening Paper_.
But will they catch Cambridge at Barnes?
"The Cambridge people have elected to use a scull with a
tubular shank or 'loom.'
"Oxford are using these sculls, too."--_Evening Paper_.
We have a silly old-fashioned preference for the use of oars in this
competition.
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"On St. David's Day, Welshmen wear a leak in their
hats."--_Provincial Paper_.
Lest they should suffer from swelled head?
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THE "NEW" WORLD.
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