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sence was not long,) when by accident and most 

 unfortunately a deep-wem'd cow of jolly Billy 

 Pringles came stragling that way ; who assail'd 

 the liquor, nor could she well help it ; because 

 when so provoked by the alluring steem, that 

 sent a summons to her voracious appetite : and 

 the poor cow, as if invaded by some feverish in- 

 disposition, and because knowing no law of li- 

 mitation, seem'd wholly uncapable to satisfy her 

 self, so long as any ale was left in the cooler ; 

 for she drank, and puffd, and then took wind, 

 and too't it again, so long, and so oft, till at last 

 she surveyed the dimensions of the tub, where 

 the liquor in a short time was almost consumed ; 

 which any man of sense might rationally con- 

 clude so, because the cow could not see her face 

 in the bottom. 



Theoph. But here lies the question, whether 

 or no the cow's natural draught was so large an 

 allowance ? or what unnatural spark of heat had 

 then occasioned such immoderate exceedings ? 



Arn. I confess I neglected to examine that 

 circumstance ; but this I remember, and every 

 one can tell you, because so remarkable, it can 

 never be forgot, that the cow when examining 

 the smoothness of the ale, and finding it, as I 

 conceive, moderated to her temper, without a 

 coag she drank all off: which no sooner hap- 

 ned, but presently in a rage comes out the awd 



