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( 3 ) The Judge anſwerd, So he would. Dare. den, is my maſſa, replied Mungo, he buy tolen good, he knew me tolen, and yet he buy me.

4. A gentleman once aſked Sir Richard Steel Why the Iriſh his country men, were ſo prone to make bulls. Indeed, ſaid the knight, I ſuppoſe it is owing to ſome quality in the ſoil: for really think if an Engliſhman was born in Ireland, he would make as many bulls as an Iriſhman!

5 A Dublin alderman having occaſion to ride ſome miles out of town, on his return the next dav, exclaimed to a friend, who accompanied him, How is this? Yeſterday all the mile-ſtones were on my left hand, and to-day they are on my right!

6. An Iriſh recruit being rebuked by the ſerjeant for ſtriking one of his comrades, I thought there was no harm in is. quoth Pat, as I had nothing in my hand but my fiſt!

7. A Venetian, as blundering as an Hibernian, was riding into the country, with his ſervant behind him on foot The horſe kicked the valet who, in a paſſion, threw a ſtone at him, which hit his maſter on the back. His maſter looking back chid him for walking ſo ſlow. I cannot walk faſter ſaid he for your horſe has given me a kick. Then ſaid his maſter, I ſhall pay him as he deſerves; for he has juſt kicked me on the back!

8. An eccentric barber ſome years ago opened ſhop under the walls of the King's-Bench priſon- The windows being broken when he entered with it, he mended them with paper, on which he wrote the words, "Shave for a penny," with the uſual invitation to