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on the subject, he pointed out the cause, the 

 hungry, ill-fed poultry expected some droppings 

 from the horses. Close also to my house, 

 an industrious man, who had been a slave, 

 was intently occupied in reclaiming a piece of 

 rocky ground, and occasionally used gunpowder 

 to break the rocks. This was in hearing of 

 the same poultry : I watched them sometimes 

 when an explosion took place ; the sound 

 startled them at the instant, but they did not 

 rush towards the spot. I need not draw the 

 inference. Pray proceed. 



PISCATOR. Your instance is a good one. 

 The next I shall give betokens, I think, and I 

 hope you will agree with me, a kind of moral 

 sense. The cook in the house of a friend of 

 mine, a lady on whose accuracy I can rely, from 

 whom I had the anecdote, missed a marrow- 

 bone : suspicion fell on a well-behaved dog, 

 a great favourite, and up to that time distin- 

 guishedly honest; he was charged with the 

 theft ; he hung down his tail, and for a day or 

 two was altered in his manner, having become 

 shy, sullen, and sheepish, if I may use the 

 expression for want of a better ; and so he con- 

 tinued, till, to the amusement of the cook. 



