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...general work of the crew is ragged; the time is bad and the blade work splashy. Altogether considerable improvement must be made before the crew will be in really satisfactory shape. It is expected, however, that great improvement will be made while the men are at New London. They will have every facility for better training, and will be able to give their undivided attention to the work. The crew is rowing at present as follows...
...their seats in the boat. The great disadvantage from the sickness of these men, aside from the lack of practice, is that they have lost more weight than they could well afford to, and in case the weather should become very warm before they have got fully back into shape, there is danger of their getting overtrained. All the men individually row well, but their work together is not at all what can be desired. The enief difficulty they encounter is in keeping the boat steady and on an even keel. This is due to the following faults: First they...
...Yale museum has received a valuable addition in the shape of a collection of over ten thousand specimens of shells presented by Mrs. Eldridge, of Yarmouthport, Mass...
...adopted by the early Babylonians, and a greater part of what we now have, especially in the form of seals, is due to their efforts. Among the interesting speciments of the collection was one which had belonged to King Nebuchadnezzar. It was a book formed from stone into the shape of a barrel, being entirely solid. On it were various writings of historical interest, and at the end of all, blessing and prosperity from the gods for the king Nebuchednezzar and his family. The writing was carefully done and showed much exactness on the part of the writer...
...writings may be classed as historical, imaginative, religious, scientific and social. The historical records, giving the accounts of the royal wars, limits and erection of cities, palaces and temples, are written on rock mountain sides, on stone statues, monuments, and slabs, but especially on clay books in the shape of prisms, cylinders and tablets. Besides such documents there are others of the nature of historical compilations, while still others are proclamations or letters from the king, petitions to him or reports from his generals and his governors. The total impression made by such records when taken in connection with...