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Change of Descriptive Title.—In the Egyptian explorations, the results of which, so far, have been recently given in Professor Petrie's lecture, reported in the Times of Thursday, April 18, the lecturer tells us how he was accompanied in his researches by Mr. Grenfell, "The Craven Fellow." How doubly plucky of Professor Petrie to proceed with such a companion so extraordinarily timorous as is expressed in such a sobriquet as "The Craven Fellow." However, he belied his name by showing such pluck and perseverance in rendering assistance to the Professor as will entitle him to explain himself as "Late the Craven Fellow," but now "the C. F., or Courageous Fellow."
