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future generations. In England, therefore, it is 

 barley alone which is largely attacked ; and since 

 barley is mainly used for malting, to make beer 

 or whisky, the teetotaler may perhaps reflect with 



NO. 4. SEVEN WELL- FAVOURED EARS, UNATTACKED. 



complacency that the fly is merely playing the 

 game of the United Kingdom Temperance Alliance. 

 His joy, however, is fallacious, for, on the other 

 hand, if we don't raise enough barley at home to 

 brew our ale, we don't on that account refrain 



