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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 295, 7 September 1920, Page 5

Only four statues of women, with tho exception of Royal effigies, aro to bo found in England. They aro Sister Dora, hi Walsall; Florence Nightingale, in Waterloo Place, London;' Sarah Siddons, on Paddingto.i Greeii; and Nurso Cavell, in St. Martin's Place, London. Seabirds wero dyiug in thousands on Ailsa Craig, Argyllshire, recently. Tho dead birds were found floating,'on tho sea with feathers coated with crude a'l, which had got under their wings and prevented (light. It is believed Hint this oil leaked from vessels sunk during the war. As a general rule, fish seem utterly careless as to what becomes of their eggs and their young. Tiny deposit their eggs and leave the rest to chance. Thero are, hovrover,. some very interesting and remarkable exceptions, in which the care and the solicitude bestowed on the young aro not surpassed by any other member of tho animal kingdom. Tho most extraordinary n,i "> cvor nl . was presented bv the late Tsar of Russia, to the Trench nation. Made of gold and studded with jewels, it was designed by a skilled Russian engineer. Its valiio is supposed to be about rfI.W.OOO. This map measures Win. alow? each side, and it framed with slate-coloured jasper. The <a>a is represented by mile marble, and the cities and towns by .preoiaus 6tones.