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40 Morn found him on the road again,

To Lousy Level bound;

At Bull’s Tail, and Lick Lizard, too,

Good provender he found.

The country all about Pinch Gut

So beautiful did seem

That the beholder thought it like

A picture in a dream.

But the plantations near Burnt Coat

Were even finer still,

And made the wondering tourist feel

A soft, delicious thrill.

At Tear Shirt, too, the scenery

Most charming did appear,

With Snatch It in the distance far,

And Purgatory near.

But, spite of all these pleasant scenes,

The tourist stoutly swore

That home is brightest, after all,

And travel is a bore.

So back he went to Maine, straightway;

A little wife he took;

And now is making nutmegs at

Moosehicmagunticook.