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two ; every carman rode on double horses, behind 

 them sat their dames and gridirons (pubUc-house 

 sweethearts) ; pipes of tobacco sent their fragrance 

 up into the air ; the juice of old quids squirted on the 

 ground formed a sort of moving bog beneath their 

 feet. 



But then, in a jiffey. 



It plung'd in the Liffey 

 Pigs, children, and fowls in its way. 



It carried along, 



Tremendously strong, 

 And landed them all in the Bay. 



END OF CHAPTER X. 



