224. The National Museum of Copenhagen possesses a rare collection of musical instruments belonging to the prehistoric age of bronze. These instruments are a species of bronze trumpets 'called "lurs." They were discovered _iu the middle of the eightenth century in several parts of Denmark, ar.d they .aro so 'well preserved that they can bo utilised musically. They have, an extension ot 23 notes and contain four and a Halt octaves.
It is commonly said that the Amazon, tbc largest river in Brazil, to. its remotest source is nearly 1000 miles long. '?Tie -women of the islands of the Danish West Indies possess rights of' suffrage equal with those of men.
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3182, 5 September 1917, Page 6
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111Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3182, 5 September 1917, Page 6
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