A week or to ago a young leopard was killed "t Hsiala, where the headquarters of the Faye Railway are situated. In the early morning the animal was discovered prowling about the outskirts of the village of Luchiapu, and two men attieked it with their hues. "One of the men was severely bitten, but the other managed to dispatch the creature.
Th> Drought.
When Singapore suffers from drought, we are not surprised to find ourselves in Hupeh feeling the lack of rain, which reminds me of the following story:—In 1887, when there "as continued dry weath r in Lancashire (ut an ordinary occurrences a young couple from Oldham visited Bloc pol, and arrived at the scrshore at low tide: 'Look at yon water, Mary," said the husband to his wife. "Plst time Lwar here, it were root up to th' steps, and sec wheer it's fallen t" now. No wonder we re short of water at Owdham, when its gotten so low at th' sea side."
Concerning Mosquitoes.
Living out in the country, near a big Luke, right among the rice fields, there are ample. opportunities of studying the mosquito mits native lair. Tt is interesting to note the different varieties. At the beginning of the summer, when the rice fields were flooded sith about three inches of water, flowing through them with a gentle current, the famous Anopheles" variety was frequently to be seen. Now that the ico fields are dry, one sees but few Anopheles, but plenty of the Culex variety abound. Now the summer is about over, one or two mosquitoes of very large size are to be sees. Thes" display won-
Ching, Mr. Shewan asked whether customary fur British subjects to be allowed alias, and a discussion followed, in the derful activity; they are most hard to catd, course of which the Attorney-General and have enormous suctional powers. If proposed to leave out the word ''alias," these are an example of the survival which was eventually agreed to. HI E. Sir of the fittest, we ear lock forward William Gasecoique' then delivered a neat in after generations to the existence of a little valedictory speech, this being the last breed of mosquitoes three inch-s long, meeting of Council over which he would swift in the wing, provided with mandib'es preside, his remarks being frequently apthat wil cut a hole aren through wir plauded. The gallant General has won netting. The large-szed mosquitos are {golden opinions on every and during his invariably "with stripd bodies. cigar months' ahninistrati-n of the Gov-Perhaps the dai ists to control jemment, and his brief reign will be long "the leopard d the tiger remembered in the colony. screaming" may have something to do with Presentation of a Coronation the abovementioned winged enemy of man.
Memento to the Acting Governo-, The members of the Coronation Com-
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