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feel it fairly trickling down my body. The occupa- 

 tion began to be decidedly unpleasant, but I did 

 not like to be beaten, so I pulled off my shirt, and 

 then I was stripped to the waist. There were lots 

 of Paddies looking on, and I suppose admiring 

 Paddies, for from time to time they laughed, and 

 said, " Lang life to yer anner ! " 



I felt vexed at being almost beaten, and, in turn- 

 ing round to give them all a benediction for not 

 helping me, I caught the eye of my friend Dennis, 

 whom I immediately accosted with, " Come, Dennis, 

 lend us a hand, you shall have carcase and oil and 

 everything else, when I've got the skin off." 



Now the said Dennis, be it known, amongst 

 other trades, was a bit of a mechanic, and as he 

 expressed himself, " Sure, a'n't I a rackmaker ? " which 

 in true English meant, " I am a maker of combs." 

 Well, it racked my brains to know at first what .a 

 rackmaker meant, but I found that a comb is called 

 a "head rack" in some parts of Ireland. 



Now Mr. Dennis, from the fact of being a rack- 

 maker, employed a certain small comb-making 

 machine, and as it had wheels and spindles and 

 bearings that required oil, it struck him forcibly that 

 the " ile from the sale would be a mighty illigant 



