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 plenty in Brelaw and other places.’ The damels could not this time relih the wit of their honoured mama; their hearts palpitated with fear; they preed cloe to the old lady, trembling and crying out, ‘Bles us! there is Number-Nip, the mountain pirit!’ The old lady, whoe theory differed widely from that of her daughters concerning the inviible world, and believed in no pirits but beaux eprits and eprits forts, et to chide the girls for thee low-bred prejudices: he proceeded to prove that all tories of ghots and apparitions were the abortions of a ick imagination; and explained the whole from natural appearances.

Her eloquence was proceeding full gallop, when the black figure, that had diappeared for a few moments out of John’s view, emerged from among the buhes, and advanced towards the road. It was now plain to be een that John’s eye had taken a fale meaure—the man on foot had an head as well as other people, only he did not wear Rh