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nnas per seer. Onion-seed, or /cullinga/ " 5 to 8 annas " Stick cinnamon, or /dalcheenee/ -+ Cardamoms, or /elachee/ | Mixed; prices range from Rs. Cloves, or /loung/ +- 3-14 to 4 per seer. Nutmeg, or /jyephall/ | Mace, or /jowttree/ -+However high prices may range, one rupee-worth of mixed condiments, including hotspice, will suffice for a month's consumption for a party of from four to six adults, allowing for three curries per day, cutlets and made dishes included. GRAVY CURRIES
The best players at present are considered to be NewellBanks and Alfred Jordan.PART I: THE GAME OF CHESS I THE RULES OF THE GAME BOARD AND MEN The game of Chess is played by two armies who oppose each otheron a square board or battlefield of sixty-four alternate whiteand black squares. Each army has sixteen men; one King, oneQueen, two Rooks (or Castles), two Bishops, two Knights and eightPawns. The Generals of the two armies are the two playersthemselves. The men of one side are of light color
the harbour. Luckily, this nefarious design was discovered in time, and the bold navigator promptly hanged the pilot, and would also have sacked the town but for the timely submission and apologies of the Sultan. In the principal street of Mombasa -- appropriately called Vasco da Gama Street -- there still stands a curiously shaped pillar which is said to have been erected by this great seaman in commemoration of his visit.Scarcely had the anchor been dropped, when, as if by magic, our vessel
that many details of structure in man could not be explained through natural selection, I invented sexual selection; I gave, however, a tolerably clear sketch of this principle in the first edition of the 'Origin of Species,' and I there stated that it was applicable to man. This subject of sexual selection has been treated at full length in the present work, simply because an opportunity was here first afforded me. I have been struck with the likeness of many of the half-favourable criticisms
ical and chemical condition in which it moves.It is comprehensible that a person could not have arrived at such afar-reaching change of view by continuing to follow the old beatenpaths, but only by introducing some sort of new idea. Indeed,Einstein arrived at his theory through a train of thought of greatoriginality. Let me try to restate it in concise terms. THE EARTH AS A MOVING CAR Everyone knows that a person may be sitting in any kind of a vehiclewithout noticing its progress, so long as
spread over with rich soil."The joint action of air, moisture, and frost was still another agent of soil-making. This action is called weathering. Whenever you have noticed the outside stones of a spring-house, you have noticed that tiny bits are crumbling from the face of the stones, and adding little by little to the soil. This is a slow way of making additions to the soil. It is estimated that it would take 728,000 years to wear away limestone rock to a depth of thirty-nine inches. But