THE NEANDERTHAL SKULL. 3$ 



"Sure, your honour, would I be a horse if 

 I were born in a stable ? " 



The force of the Evolution theory has 

 been well exemplified in the case of 

 another wit from the Emerald Isle, who 

 on the occasion of his being tried for 

 stealing a gun manfully defended himself, 

 and with heart-searching eloquence, so 

 characteristic of his native land, endea- 

 voured to convince the judge and the jury 

 that he had been the rightful owner of the 

 gun, which was found in his possession, 

 from the time it had been a very little pistol ! 

 And when he found that his pleading was 

 of no avail, but that the jury unhesitatingly 

 found him guilty from the strong evidence 

 adduced against him, he burst forth with 

 the following peroration : 



" An' myself guilty is it, avick ? An' I 

 the owner of the shooting animal^ the poor 

 laaste ? from whin 'twere a gorsoon of a 

 pistol ! No, goodwill to ye, jhoodge an' 

 jhoory ! For sure there's small acquintance 

 wid the langidges, or wid Misther Euclid's 

 ailments an' logicals, or, agra^ wid Misther 

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