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10 can we send out money to our land- lord? So one said to them, I have this day taken a share, and he may carry it, for he is very quick footed; be it so, replied the rest; he shall have a letter and a large purse to put our money in, and we can direct her the ready way. When the letter was written and the money put into a purse, they imme- diately tied them about the hare's neck, saying, You must first go to Loughbor- ough, and then co Leicester, and at Newark is our landlord ; then com- mend us to him, and there is his due. The hare, as soon as she got out of their hands, ran a quite contrary way. Some said thou must first go to Lough- borough; others said, let the hare alone, for she can tell a nearer way than the best of us; let her go.

TALE IX. A MAN of Gotham, that went mow- ing in the meadow, found a large grass- hopper. He immediately threw down his scythe, and ran home to his neigh-