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THE ALARM.* 



THE hollow grumblings of the devils on earth 

 having reached the infernal regions, Satan ordered 

 an enquiry immediately to be made into the cause 

 of their outcry, and commanded a trio of his 

 choicest associates forthwith to fly with the velocity 

 of light to see, and to report to him, what was the 

 matter. On their arrival on earth, they were met, 

 during the night, when men were asleep, by a de- 

 putation selected from innumerable hosts of imps 



* This fable was written and illustrated by T. Bewick, for his 

 " Fables of ^sop," and is now published for the first time. [So 

 wrote Miss Bewick in 1862. A copy of the above woodcut had, 

 however, appeared in the "Treatise on Wood Engraving," 1839, where 

 it is stated that the letterpress was omitted from the "Fables" at the 

 request of the printer, Mr. Edward Walker, to whose valuable ser- 

 vices Bewick makes grateful reference at p. 221.] 



