Till the Western Front woke slowly
And they won to their hearts' desire.

They loose you now to the labours
That the needs of the hour reveal,
And you carry the proud old sabres
To cross with a tarnished steel;
So, steady--and keep position--
And stout be your hearts to-day,
As you shoulder the old tradition
And charge in the ancient way!

W.H.O.

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MORE ZOO NOTES.

Raw sugar, Captain BATHURST states, cannot be sold on account of the
presence of the sugar louse. It is thought that Mr. POCOCK, who has
so successfully brought the Zoo's rations into conformity with war
conditions, might probably persuade the animal to live on hemp seed.

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"Changes in the Zoo's dietary," says Mr. POCOCK, "were effected
without difficulty." The rumour that the hippopotamus demanded a
pailful of jam with its mangel-wurzels, in the belief that they were
some kind of homoeopathic pill, appears to have been baseless.