RAY.

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TAYLORSVILLE, TEXAS.

I like YOUNG PEOPLE very much. It gives a great deal of
instruction. I live on the banks of the San Gabriel River, which
has some very large fish in it. I read all the letters in the
Post-office Box. I liked Gertrude Balch's letter very much, and I
like to draw the "Wiggles."

J. L. PAXTON.

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FAIRFIELD (STONE P. O.), PICKENS COUNTY, ALABAMA.

I would like very much to exchange some of our native flower seeds
for flower seeds of other localities with any of the "Young
People."

MAMIE JONES.

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GALT, CALIFORNIA.

Will any little girl press me some specimens of Eastern flowers?
If she will, I will press her some of our floral beauties here in
California, and send them to her.

GENEVIEVE.

If Genevieve will send her full address, no doubt some little girl in
the Eastern States will be glad to exchange pressed flowers with her.

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NEW BRIGHTON.

Can you tell me the longest word in the English language?

K. POST.

Valetudinarianism is a long word. Can any correspondent find a longer
one?

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BUFFALO PAPER-MILL, NORTH CAROLINA.

Would you kindly give a description of the animal called drill. I
would like to know the country of its nativity, and any other
information in regard to it. I have tried to find something about
it, and have failed.

WILLIAM LIDDY.

The drill (_Papio leucophaeus_) is a large baboon, and one of the ugliest
of its family. It has a heavy thick body covered with coarse
grayish-brown hair, a large head with a hideous black face, stout clumsy
legs, and a short stubbed tail. It lives in the woods and rocky regions
along the west coast of Africa. In Guinea it is so abundant as to be a
terror to man and beast, as its ferocity and strength render it a
dangerous foe. Great herds of the drill, when driven by hunger,
sometimes attack the negro villages, and have been known to kill women
and children. Specimens of this savage creature have been captured and
placed in zoological gardens in France and England, but all efforts to
tame it have been in vain.

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REBECCA H.--Your puzzle was not noticed, because you failed to