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four hundred of those " splendid " and " mammoth " speci- 

 mens of ornithology, each one of which could very cleverly 

 dispose of more grain, in the same number of months, than 

 would serve to keep one of my heifers in tolerable trim. 



Such restrictions were proposed by the oflScers of tho 

 Society with the lengthened cognomen, that my naturally 

 democratic disposition revolted against the arbitrary meas- 

 ui-es talked of, and I resolved to get up an exhibition of my 

 own, where this matter could be talked over at leisure, and 

 which I did not doubt would " turn an honest penny " into 

 my own pocket ; where, though I had done well thus far, 

 there was still room, as there was ui hungry Oliver Twist's 

 belly, for "more." 



