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him to hasten away, with such tools and instru- 

 ments as he had to assist their design. To all 

 which he readily seemed to comply with, in hopes 

 of a gratuity which he afterwards obtained. But 

 before they departed from those ugly earth-holes, 

 an ill-contrived urchin, or a cur out of shape, and 

 deform'd, (as they described him) but we call him 

 a tarrier, and they by the name of a whitwratch, 

 (bastard- brood of the fox) as the servants appre- 

 hended ; so might any man as well as they ra- 

 tionally conclude, as by the circumstances given 

 us by their description. 



A beautiful spaniel I had at that time (pro- 

 pined me by the lady of an eminent peer) fol- 

 lowed after the horsemen ; which the elph in 

 pursuit of, had fastned on him, but was sud- 

 denly rescued by my greyhound-bitch (formerly 

 discoursed) and perad venture with some small 

 detriment to this ugly elph : Which when the 

 hag had enviously observed, she hastned in the 

 elph, and suddenly after was heard to express 

 unsavory words, very diabolical, with charms 

 and threats ; besides various antick gestures 

 and postures, both with her head and body ; 

 that at present occasioned abundance of laugh- 

 ter among them ; as it did after their departure 

 from those sordid infernal huts or habitations. 



Theoph. We shall have something on't by and 

 by, I perceive. 



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