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" • Brer Squirrel, I have a brother who can jump from tree to tree.' ' I can, too.' So Brer Squirrel jumped from tree to tree.

" ' Brer Squirrel, I had a brother who could jump from the top of a tall tree right into my arms.' ' I can, too,' said the squirrel, and he did. Brer Fox ate him all up.

" Brer Rabbit was lying in his bed near by, and saw all that was done. 'Brer Fox,' said he, 'you a mighty smart man, but I had a brother who could do something you cannot do.'

" ' What was it ? ' said Brer Fox.

" ' My brother could let anybody tie a large rock around his neck, and jump off this bridge into the water and swim out.' ' So can I,' said the fox. Then Brer Rabbit fixed the rock and the string, and Brer Fox jumped, but he has not been heard of since."

��LOCAL MEETINGS AND OTHER NOTICES.

Eleventh Annual Meeting of the American Folk-Lore Society. — The Annual Meeting of the American Folk-Lore Society for the year 1899 will be held in New Haven, Conn., at the same time with the meeting of the American Society of Naturalists and other affiliated Societies, during the week between Christmas and the New Year, probably on December 28, 1899. Members intending to present papers will please give notice to the Permanent Secretary, W. W. Newell, Cambridge, Mass. Further informa- tion will be given concerning the arrangements hereafter to be completed.

Presentation to the Folk-Lore Society of Objects illustrating Mexican Folk-Lore. — During a visit to Chicago of Mr. E. S. Hartland, President of the Folk-Lore Society, Mr. Hartland was interested in pottery masks representing personages in a local Mexican Passion Play, exhibited by Prof. Frederick Starr, who has made extensive studies in the folk-lore of Mexico. Professor Starr offered to obtain such figurines for the Folk-Lore Society ; but this original proposition was expanded by him into an offer to present a large collection of objects illustrating folk-lore of civilized Mexi- cans, on condition that the Folk-Lore Society would keep together the col- lection, and print a catalogue. On June 27 was held at the rooms of the Anthropological Institute a joint meeting of the Folk-Lore Society and the Institute, at which the objects were presented and explained by Professor Starr. On the previous evening the Folk-Lore Society gave a public dinner to Professor Starr at the Holborn Restaurant, the President of the Society occupying the chair. The health of Professor Starr was proposed by Mr. Andrew Lang with a suitable address. It was announced that the Society had voted to make Professor Starr an honorary member, and to present him with a complete set of the Society's publications, now amounting to forty-two volumes.

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