FABLES. 



THE APE AND THE FOX. 



Ax Ape meeting with a Fox, humbly requested 

 he would be so good as to give him some of the 

 superfluous hair from his bushy tail, to make into 

 a covering for his bare posteriors, which were 

 exposed to all the inclemency of the weather; and 

 he endeavoured to further his suit by observing to 

 Reynard, that he had far more than he had any 

 occasion for, and a great part even dragged along 

 in the dirt. The Fox answered, that as to his 

 having too much, it was more than he knew; but 

 be it as it would, he had rather sweep the ground 

 with his tail as long as he lived, than part with the 

 least bit of it for a covering to the filthy posteriors 

 of an Ape. 



APPLICATION. 



RICHES, in the hands of a wise and generous 

 man, are a blessing to the community in which he 



