In Java it is supposed that if a H™ sheen is thrown into tho watei, it »ui indicate tho position of ft drowned person by sinking near it. A curious custom I 9 nractised in Norway, where those m search of a drowned body row 1 t» fr ° with a cock m the boat, fu ly expecr K Hut the bird will crow when the boat reaches the spot where the corpse lies. Of all the peoples of Europe the French have the fewest children and tho In A the most. 'l'he average French family lumbers 3.3 person* and tho average Irish family 5.2. In hnslaud Urn n\ei n"e is 4.8. Tho Spanish and Russian "closely approach the Irish. h «tost to the French in Canada are tho most prolific in Christen dora.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1886, 21 October 1913, Page 3
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133Untitled Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1886, 21 October 1913, Page 3
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