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evening meal, and suddenly she gave utterance to a 

 piercing scream. 



The doctor and the young men, in alarm, ran as fast 

 as they could. 



11 There, there, sir ! " and with a trembling finger 



EDENTATA : TATOU, OK ARMADILLO. 



she pointed out a small dark object motionless in the 

 middle of the path. 



CETACEA : GREENLAND, OR EIGHT WHALE. 



It was an enormous toad, warty and horrible, 

 which, by the rain and cool air, had been brought 

 into a mood for wandering through the damp grass, 

 and so was composedly taking his turn round the 

 garden. 



