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CHAPTER III 



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Stanzas to my Country and King — Irish ceremony ; or no 

 waiting breakfast when you have an echo in your 

 stomach — Captain Grammachree's Family, and their 

 characters— Bad puns — Brian Boru new rigged-out, and 

 Grammachree's remarks thereon — The ' Living-God ' 

 of Sir Shawn O'Dogherty — Excuses for swearing — 

 Irish blessings conveyed in curses — A death-bed oath 

 — Paddy pawns his breeches to drink with a friend — 

 An Irish ditty in Merion Square, by Captain Gramma- 

 chree, ......... 20 



CHAPTER IV 



Trip to the Black Rock — Description — Comparison- 

 Thunder and lightning — Picturesque view — Bourke 

 Fitzsimon's cottage — Lord Donoughmore's poor rela- 

 tions — The Bay of Dublin — Ireland's Eye — Lambay — 

 Hill of Howth — Crowning the King of Dalkey — 

 Drowning certain characters — Battle of the cats — 

 Tabbies and Blues — A patent risk machine — A steam- 

 boat — Lady Demiquaver introduced — Her influence in 

 the world of Fashion — Bedershin — Wine and merri- 

 ment — Song, 'Black Rock, or Wigs on the Green' — 

 Cellar-boy's retort — Sir Shawn O'Dogherty and Gram- 

 machree mount a Jingle — Pick up Poll Rattlewell — 

 Confab — The Lord Lieutenant's dog-stealer— Descrip- 

 tion of a Jingle — Bagot-street nuisances — A sleepy 

 driver — A blind horse and an upset on a bridge — 

 Perilous situation of Grammachree, Brian, and Poll — 

 An exulting cheer from Sir Shawn — A soft fall — A 

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CHAPTER V 



A release from a tumble — Ups and downs of a girl of the 

 town — Growlers in grain — Jingling wit — A carriage 



