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 11 ſaid one of them, a little thing will make us laugh. A young fellow riding down a ſteep hill, doubting the foot of it was boggiſh, called out to a clown that was ditching, and aſked it it was hard at the bottom? Aye, anſwer- ed the countryman it is hard enough at the bottom, I'll warrant you. But in half a dozen ſteps the horſe funk up to the ſaddle girths, which made the young gallant whip, ſpur, curſe, and ſwear. Why you whore- ſon of a raſcal, ſaid he to the ditcher, didſt thou not tell me it was hard at the bottom, Aye, ſaid the ditcher but you are not half way to the bottom yet. An Engliſhman and a Wellman diſput- ing in whoſe country was the beſt living ſaid the Welthman, there is ſuch noble houſekeeping in Vales, that I have known above a dozen cooks employed at one wed- ding dinner. Aye, replied the Engliſhman, that was becauſe every man toaſted his own cheeſe. A perſon being near his end, a woman who lived in the neighbourhood ſent her maid to know how he did ; he bid the girl tell her miſtreſs, he hoped he was