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pleasing kind of horror in the mind of the reader, and amuses his 
imagination with the strangeness and novelty of the persons repre-> 
sented in it ; but, as a vehicle of instruction, the judicious object to 
it, as not having probability enough to make any moral impression* 
The belief of fairies still subsists in many parts of our own country. 
The “ Swart fairy of the mine,” is scarce yet believed to have quitted 
our subterraneous works. Puck, or Robin Goodfellow, is still sup- 
posed to haunt many of our villages. And in the Highlands of Scot- 
Scotland, new-born children are watched till the christening is over^ 
lest they should be stolen or changed by some of these imaginary 
beings. 
Ellen Tate, aged 110. 
Written in 1822. 
It is a characteristic of civilized nations, to venerate age, and of 
none more so than the English, whether the individuals 
“ Flaunt in rags, or flutter in brocade.” 
On this account we hope the following instance of longevity will 
not prove unacceptable to our readers. 
Ellen Tate, now an inhabitant of the work-house in Liverpool, w^as 
born in the parish of Killede, in the county of Antrim, Ireland. Her 
maiden name was Craig ; but of her family, her connexions, and 
early life, very little is known, and of that little, scarcely any thing 
