To the Editor of the "Norts-Cuina Dairy News.""
There has been a good deal of pother about the shooting of the: nuntjac (sounds like one nf Lewis Carroll's compounds), but apparently no one can spare a pitying thought for that much more timid and rare animal, the bachelor. Lask in the name of sport that the literati of Shanghai should spare this animal their vehomed darts during the dog days when, as is well known, the poor beast is in an enfeebled state, I must confess that I do not khow if the Bache-
Joram Orientum has any special mating season, although I understand that it is hunted by the nymphs fiercely in the spring time, as it is popularly supposed to become much tamer at that season of the year. That it is said to resemble the nut has possibly something to do with this, and it is
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