The World's Encyclopedia of Wonders and Curiosities

Everything a Victorian found astonishing, gathered into one enormous volume — burning springs and buried cities, freaks of storm and flood, the habits of bees and the manners of nations, filed under headings like “Curiosities Respecting Man.”

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Chapter Lxxxvi

MISCELLANEOUS CURIOSITIES-(Continued).

Extraordinary Echoes and Whispering Places-Natural Productions resembling Artificial Compositions - Remarkable Lamps - Perpetual Fire - Magical Drum-An Extraordinary Cannon-Curious Account of Old Bread-Substitute for Spectacles -Winter Sleep of Animals and Plants..

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