[Illustration: _From a Photo. by Richards & Co., Ballarat._]
We have heard much of the vagaries of the breakfast egg of commerce, but
the egg which contained the extraordinary yolk seen in the annexed
photo, must assuredly have been quite out of the common run. We will let
Dr. James T. Mitchell, of 15, Raglan Street, South Ballarat, Victoria,
who sent us the photo., tell the story. "The photo.," he says, "shows
the yolk of a pullet's egg, which was boiled for breakfast in the usual
way. When opened, however, the yolk was found to be in the form of a
cord 45in. long and 1/8in. wide. It was irregularly coiled up, twisted
many times, and had a knot firmly tied in the middle. Altogether, it was
very much like a long bootlace of a deep yellow colour." The original is
now in the Museum of the University of Melbourne.