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remarked, " Here we see that style of life beloved by the Italians, 

 and known as dolce far niente.'' 



Next morning again the sun rose in a cloudless sky, and as the 

 basket which I carried the previous day would not hold all the 

 specimens which I had collected for my museum by the way, I 

 bought another of extra size ; leaving the impression, so my com- 



GREEN TREE-FROG. 



panion declared, that I was carrying weight and walking for a 

 wager, recalling the lines in " Johnny Gilpin," 



"He carries weight, he rides a race, 

 'Tis for a thousand pounds." 



Our road led through terraces of palms and olives, oranges, 

 lemons, vines and carob-bean trees, wherever cultivation was prac- 

 ticable ; and where nature was left unmolested, junipers, Spanish 



