RM2R4DJ1X–The Falkland Islands: Encounter of a Sealer with a Sea-Lion, in a Tussac Bog, 1856. European attacking a sea-lion '...in a Tussac bog. The male of the Falkland seal resembles in no slight degree in the head and mane the king of the forest. He is, when full grown, about ten feet long, and, although not disposed to make an attack, is a most formidable antagonist to come upon unawares in the thick groves of the Tussac, where, more particularly in the breeding seasons, he with his family are found. The female is scarcely one-half the size of the male, and is more gentle in disposition'. Tussac gra
RM2WG0K2Y–Hallett's pedigree nursery wheat, 1862. 'The original ear, A, was selected in 1857 from a large crop of "nursery" wheat, not because of its great size, but on account of its general uniformity and the fine quality of its grain. It contained 47 grains. The average contents of ears in ordinary crops is about 30 grains. In 1858, from this selection, one grain produced a "stool" of 10 ears, of which the finest contained 79 grains. The best stool from these 79 grains bore 22 ears in 1859, the finest of which contained 91 grains. In 1860 there were 39 ears upon the finest stool;
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