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of tickling fish, and proceeded to show his 

 skill, having first exacted a promise that they 

 would not shove him into the water. He 

 bent over the pond, when the Prince, unable 

 to resist the temptation, pushed him in head 

 over heels. The Abbe was so enraged that, 

 upon getting out, he ran after the Prince 

 of Wales, and, but for the company's favour- 

 ing the latter's escape, would have used him 

 very roughly." 



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