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Temperance and Intemperance: Cave

Carrier, or courier pigeon, 244 Carthage, ancient grandeur of. 542 Case, John, celebrated quack doctor, 113 Catching a hare, curious custom respecting 601 Caterpillar, 219 Caterpillar-eaters, 220 Cathedral, the Cologne, 820 Cave, the Mammoth, of Kentucky, 846 Cave of Fingal, 452 Cave near Mexico, 457 Celluloid, 834 Centaurs and Lapithæ, 785 Chameleon, particulars respecting, 175 Changeable flower, 387 Cheese-mite, curiosities respecting, 358 Chemical illuminations, 870 Chick, formation of, in the egg, 249 Child, extraordinary arithmetical powers of a Chiltern hundreds, 634.

China, great wall of, 579 Chinese, funeral ceremonies of the, 610 INDEX.

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