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Franchise of Weobley, Herefordshire.

" Previous to the Reform Bill of 1832, which I remember, the borough of Weobley, Herefordshire, was a pocket one of the Marquis of Bath. He has also large estates round Minsterley [Shropshire], and his tenants from there used to go to Weobley to vote at elections. The only qualification they required was to boil their kettle there the evening before, from which they were called * pot-wallopers.' I can remember hearing of them drinking about in Stretton [Shropshire] on their way back." — (Letter, written 14th May, 1885, to C. S. Burne, by a lady at Church- Stretton, Salop, who adds that her memory as to these particulars had lately been refreshed and corroborated by an old friend.)

FOLK-TALES OF INDIA.

(^Continued from page 63.)

By the Rev. Dr. Richard Morris.

SiGALA JAtaka.* The Greedy Jackal.

N days long since past, when Brahmadatta reigned at Benares, the Bodhisat was reborn among the jackal- kind, and dwelt in a forest on the bank of the river Ganges. It came to pass that an old elephant died on the shore of the Ganges. A jackal in prowling about for food espied this carcass, and thought to himself, " I've got a lot of food here." Then he proceeded to fix his teeth in the trunk, but 'twas like biting on the pole of a plough. " There's nothing at all worth eating here," thought he. Then he tried the tusks, but

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