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then been appointed in the county where they resided, 

 ' verdict was postponed.' A third son was born, whom they 

 called 'Seth.' Cam Adam, had a son named Enoch, who 

 had a son (in the fourth generation) by the name of Maleoh. 

 Malech had a son whom, he called No AH, from whom I 

 trace directly my own being. 



" Noah had three sons, ' Shem,' ' Ham ' and ' Japheth.'. 

 The eldest and youngest — Shem and Japheth — were a 

 couple of the ' b'hoys ; ' and Ham was a very well-disposed 

 young gentleman, who slept at home o' nights. But his 

 two brothers, unfortunately, were not so well inclined. 

 Ham was a sort of ' jethro ' — the butt of his two brotheiSi, 

 who had done him 'brown' so many times, that they^ 

 called him ' burnt.' ' For many years he was known, there- 

 fore, as 'Burnt-Ham.' Before his death he applied to 

 the Legislature in his diggings for a change of name. He 

 dropped the t, a bill was passed entitling him to the name 

 of Bdrn-ham, and hence the s?<?-name of your humble 

 servant. So much for the tiame. 



" In several of the newspapers of that period I find al- 

 lusions made to a very severe rain-storm .which . occurred 

 {just about this time;' and .the public prints (of all parties) 

 agree that 'this storm was tremendous,' and that 'an im- 

 mense amount of damage was done to the shipping and 

 commercial interest.' As this took_ place some six thousand 

 years back, however, you will not, I presume, expect me to 



