14 JANUARY 1899, page 12

The South American Steppe.

B REHM was among the first naturalist-travellers to note the common resemblance of the " steppe " regions of the world, and the marked difference in the life of these animals......

Soldiers Op The Queen.

I T is a small, insignificant corner numbering some fifty houses, thatched cottages most of them, that, bent with age, battered by the sweeping south-west gales, straggle in......