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good for nothing but to rot as manure. But 

 the learned physician, the reverend divine, 

 to whom he had been accustomed to look up- 

 wards, gave importance to the objects v/hich 

 ejicited the vulgar stare of his more inquisitive 

 neighbours: he therefore joined his exertio'ns 

 to theirs, to recover as many of the bones as 

 possible. With hiir^, hope was every thin^; 

 with the men, curiosity did much, but rum 

 did more, and some Httle was owing to certain 

 prospects which they had of sharing in the 

 future p:;3sible profit. It is possible he might 

 have encouraged this idea ; his fear of it, how- 

 ever, i;cems to have given him some uneasi- 

 n>'3; for when he was offered a small sum 

 for the bones, it appeared too little to divide ; 

 and when a larger sum, he fain would have 

 engrossed the whole of it, or persuade himself 

 that the real value might be something greater. 

 Ignorant of what had been offer*ed him, my 

 father's application was in a critical moment, 

 and the farmer accepted his price, on condi- 

 tion that: he should receive a new gun for his 

 son, and nev/ gowms for his wife and daughters, 

 v/ith some other articles of the same class. 

 The fanner was glad they were out of his 



