FABLES. 



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THE TWO BITCHES. 



A Bitch, who was just ready to whelp, intreated 

 another to lend her her kennel only till her month 

 was up, and assured her that then she should have 

 it again. The other very readily consented, and 

 with a great deal of civility, resigned it to her im- 

 mediately. However, when the time was elapsed, 

 she came and made her a visit, and very modestly 

 intimated, that now she was up and well, she hoped 

 she should see her abroad again ; for that, really, it 

 would be inconvenient for her to be without her 

 kennel any longer, and therefore, she told her, she 

 must be so free as to desire her to provide herself 

 with other lodgings as soon as she could. The 

 lying-in Bitch replied, that truly she was ashamed 

 of having kept her so long out of her own house ; 

 but it was not upon her own account (for indeed she 

 was well enough to go any where) so much as that 



