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and mangled boy, torn along the surface of the water by the shark, 

 with the boals in pursuit, leaving a long stream of blood, mottled 

 with white specks of fat and marrow in his wake. At length the man 

 in the bow of the gig laid hold of him by the arm, another sailor 

 caught the other arm, boat-hooks and oars were dug into and launched 

 at the monster, who relinquished his prey at last, stripping off the 

 flesh, however, from the upper part of the right thigh, until his teeth 

 reached the knee, where he nipped the shank clean off, and made 

 sail with the leg in his jaws. 



Poor little Louis never once moved after we took him in. I 

 thought I heard a small, still, stern voice thrill along my nerves, as 

 if an echo of the beating of my heart had become articulate. " Tho- 

 mas, a fortnight ago, you impressed that poor boy, who was, and now 

 is not, out of a Bristol ship. " Alas, conscience spoke no more than 

 the truth. 



PROFESSOR WILSON. 



THE THREE POINTS OF WIT. 



MR. EDITOR, I herewith send you the original 

 Cornish tale, as promised in my last, together with the 

 literal translation into English. 



J. P. 



In time past there were dwel- En tcrmen ez passiez tera trigaz 



ling in St. Levan, a man and en St. Levan, den ha bennen en 



woman in a place called The teller kreiez Tshei an har. 

 Hams House. 



And the work fell scant ; and Ha an huel a kydaz skent : Ha 



saith the man to his wife ; I will med an den da e ureg ; me a vedn 



goto look for work to do; and mazdahuillazhueldail; hahuei 



you may get your living here. el dendel 'gyz bounaz ybma. 



Fair leave he took, and far to Kibmiaz teg ev a kymeraz, ha 



the East he travelled, and at the pel da est ev a travaliaz, ha uar 



end, he did come to a farmer's an duad e 'ryg daz da tshei tiak ; 



house; and did seek there for work ha 'ryg huillaz ena huel da 'uil. 

 to do. 



What work canst thou do, saith Panna huel allosti guil med an 



the farmer ? Any work, saith John : tiak : pyb huel ylla med Dzhuan. 



then they bargained for three Ena dzhei a varginiaz rag trei penz 



pounds, the year's wages. an vledan guber. 



And when the year was ended, Ha pa tera diuad an vledan e 



his master shewed him the three vester a disguedaz dado an trei 



pounds. See John, says his mas- pens. Mir Dzhuan med e vester ; 



