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a strap to his other fore-leg, and one to his off hind one, 

 so that you see, when these two straps were pulled the 

 two legs on his off side were taken from him, and mister 

 zebra had nothing to stand on but his near hind-leg, 

 and down he cume on his knees ; but Lor', sir, how he 

 did struggle ; a gent wot saw him told me it took three 

 hours and a half tu make him lay down, an* then, you 

 see, sir, he vos fairly exhausted. But, sez I tu the 

 gent, Mister Earey sez in his 'vertisements that he hop- 

 perates without the least ' fisickal force.' ' Oh, that's 

 all nonsense,' said the gent. Well, thinks I, it's a nice 

 caper tu say it is done wi'out ' fisickal force/ and then 

 for tu throw the puir critters of bosses down wi' hobbles, 

 right in the face of the greenhorns who hev paid ten 

 guineas for tu see a hoss made tu lie down, accordin' tu 

 his 'vertisements." 



" Well, well," said I, " I know all about that. How 

 did Mr. Earey get on with the zebra ?" 



" Why, the gent told me as how, after he had lain a 

 minute or two, he rose agin on tu his knees, and began 

 for tu try to get away from the Yankee agin, but finding 

 it all no use, he lay quiet enough at last, an* the Yankee 

 pulled the straps off, and began to show off his capers 

 upon him; he stood on his ribs, but, Lor', sir,. mister 

 zebra wouldn't hev that, he turned the white of his eye 

 up to the Yankee, as much as to say, ' Yer impident 

 divil, yer, vpt's yer game now ? are you a goin' for tu 

 make a door-mat oy a gentlemanly zebra ?' an' wi' a 

 sharp grunt, as much as tu say, * tu blazes wi' yer !' an. 1 



