Vol' short dUtaiues. tin* -alinnn I* Ur swiftest swimmer of ;my f'u-ti. Il eau travel nt tin- rate "I -•"> mill" an hour. All tin 1 houses ill the poorer (jtiarti'is of (lie capital hi Ilomliu'as are made of mahogany, which eo~U than pine there. iSixteen thousand live hundred feet 1" the .highest point In which a man can asl'Cml without his. .health liciug seriously all'eeteil, ' The. mediaeval custom of ringing nil the chuvell-liells to avert an impMidnis thunderstorm or untimely full of snow still exists ill the Kwiws Canton Wallis. One of the national sports of the mountain ca.nton, of Appenzcll, Kwitzerland is a st,one-throwing contest, in which roclw of great size are hurled for
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 41, 13 March 1909, Page 4
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115Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 41, 13 March 1909, Page 4
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