Muta (or Tacita), with the Romans the goddess of

silence, invoked by them against slander. Bhe is sometimes identified with Lara (or Larunda), whom Jupiter deprived of her tongue for indiscreet tattling about his private affairs.

21. Quidam (pron. ki-dafi), person, fellow, generally fam. and depr., * 'homme dont on igpore le nom et qu'on ne veut pas nommer."

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150. 27. TSbury (pron. til-ba-ri). A two wheeled open carnage,

100. 2. Farandole, A rapid danoe of various figures, very much in vogue in southem France. In its main features it suggests a wild procession in which its participants clasp hands, forming a mon^r chain sometimes composed of thousands of persons hopping and jumping rather tban dancing, and singing ail the whOe. Daudet in his novel "Numa Roumestan" bas given some masteriy descriptions of the Provençal farandoles.