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155. Story referred to by Jeremy Taylor.
—Jeremy Taylor (Duct. Dubit., book iii. chap. ii. rule 5. quæst. 2.) states:
"The Greek that denied the depositum of his friend, and offered to swear at the altar that he had restored it already, did not preserve his conscience and his oath by desiring his friend to hold the staff in which he had secretly conveyed the money. It is true, he delivered it into his hand, desiring that he would hold it till he had sworn; but that artifice was a plain cozenage, and it was prettily discovered. For the injured person, in indignation at the perjury, smote the staff upon the ground, and broke it, and espied the money."
Whence is the above incident derived?
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156. Plant in Texas.
—I shall be glad to learn the scientific name of the plant to which the following extract from the Athenæum (1847, p. 210.) refers:—
"It is a well-known fact that in the vast prairies of Texas a little plant is always to be found which, under all circumstances of climate, changes of weather, rain, frost, or sunshine, invariably turns its leaves and flowers to the north," &c.
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