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Gloucester, March 22nd, 1851. 

 Mr. 



Knowing what a condescendin good sort o genelman you bo 

 un as wat tha calls feel natral istory is a gettin very popolar I teeks 

 the liberty a sendin ya 2 or 3 little hannigotes a hannimals as I ha 

 ad from time ta time in my passesshun un hopes thayl proove uz 

 emusin uz instructiv, uz we sais in our nayberhood, to your club. I 

 kips a public at Kingshome un as my customers princeply drops in 

 ov a evnin bein a hous o call for jurnemen taylors un uther rispectublo 

 treedsmen, in consekence my mornins beent verry much okkypied, 

 un as I hallis ad a turn for observetion I a payd a good deal o 

 tention ta what e calls dimestic hannymals un when you a yeerd my 

 story I thinks youl say as how werry few poaple a livd on such 

 hintimit terms we un, un consekently knauws moor about um, un 

 so without furder preefece I shull enterr on my nurretion. About 

 12 mos ago I ad 2 pigs brothers un sisters thay was about 2 mos 

 auwld when I had um fust un thay yused to run about o the kitchin 

 un pic up tha crums ur watever else tha cud find in tha sheep o 

 grub tul tha got 2 sassy, for my missis got az fond on um az if tha 

 wus er auwn blessed babbies un let um do jest as ad got a minded 

 un atween um bwoth we ad a verry nice time on it. If the missis 

 wus a peerin tha teeters ur shellin a few peese tha rind un shells 

 at last wuzent good enuf for um but thay must teek thair chaico 

 afore we cud put by our whack out on um un thayd teek 1 anothers 

 part so as we dussent saay as the ouse wus our auwn tul as I wus 

 obleeged ta shet 1 on um up in tha sty We called one on um Jo un 

 tother Sally. / thinks as jo wus tha sensy blest o tha 2 but Sally 

 wus tha most mischieviousest un uz wee kep um seppereet why I 

 shul giv you a count on um sepereetly Jo kep a good deel ta do 

 about bein shet up ut fust un yewsted ta cry un whine for all tha 

 wurld like a babby wenever a seed tha missis un I thawt as her ad 

 a pretty ny broke er hart cos I oodn't let her go un let un out but 

 at last a got a kyind a reconciled like un begun ta look out for 

 other emusement un what dy think a went un dun — why a begun 

 bird ketchin. I ad a dyuse of a lot a robbins in tha garden un tha 

 yusted ta cum un get at tha grains un uther hodments uz I yewsed 

 ta put fur tha pig. I a sin 3 ur 4 ut a time a different parts a tha 

 sty ut a time 1 a tha trauw, unother a top a tha raylings un tother 

 a jigging about a feared a tother 2, we a bit uf a fite atwizt um 

 casionully. Wen Jo ad ad anuf ad yused ta lay down of is sido 

 jest uz eny uthur genelmen mit do with is cheek jest a restin a tha 

 side a tha trauw fur a piller un watch tha robbins. 



Wen thur wus a bit uv a skrimmage among um ud look uz pleezd 

 you can't think un grunt un sort a laff ta isself like tul 1 de a took 

 it inta is yud to ketch I on um uz cum reether 2 neer toon, un 

 skrumped un up jest like a nut. Well ater that a wus allis a bird 

 ketchin un was up to all sorts a mooves at that theer geem. Ater 

 a'd cleered out tha trauw pertty well a'd jest skatter about a fecaw 

 grayns athin reach uv is nose, un lay down un pretend ta go ta 



