<h2><SPAN name="HOW_BIRDS_CARRY_SEEDS" id="HOW_BIRDS_CARRY_SEEDS"></SPAN>HOW BIRDS CARRY SEEDS.</h2>
<p>DR. HOWARD, the new secretary
of the American Association
for the Advancement
of Science, writing of the manner
in which seeds are carried to a
great distance by birds, recited an experiment
of Darwin, which had a curious
result. Adhering to the leg of a
wounded partridge, Darwin found a
ball of earth weighing six and a half
ounces. From the seeds contained in
this ball he raised thirty-two plants belonging
to five distinct species.</p>
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<h2><SPAN name="THE_SHIP_OF_THE_DESERT" id="THE_SHIP_OF_THE_DESERT"></SPAN>THE SHIP OF THE DESERT.</h2>
<p>THE pack camel travels very
slowly, and until you are sufficiently
reconciled to the motion
to be able to doze on its back,
you are constantly tempted to get off
and walk. If you want speed, you must
buy a racing camel. This seems to belong
to a different creation. It is much
taller, more alert and more intelligent.
It can accomplish 150 miles in sixteen
hours without undue effort, and, in the
matter of price, compares with the pack
camel as the thoroughbred does with
the cab horse.</p>
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<p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_38" id="Page_38">[Pg 38]</SPAN></span></p>
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