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THE WALKS ABROAD OP 



" I have found a name for jour Batrachian," 

 said the latter to Le"on "a mythological name, 

 suited to its sinister and alas ! only too true pre- 

 dictions. By your permission we will in future 

 call it Cassandra." 



"We will hope that Cassandra will not be always a 



prophet of ill, and that to-morrow we may be able to 

 complete our interrupted excursion." 



The servant was just then at the bottom of the 

 garden, occupied in picking some vegetables for the 



