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Vwf ^ [* Ni , lww * a c& an 4 hifgg ^ d him mth faii ) ft % i » 5 ij ^ t V ; JT ^ . HftstP jnpjalues bad faile > i nto the pre ? fsoiaqj ; , ^ SpSTf ^ Bj&fi&rf lM bpftt , nad the English fixity * ip thfc CT&jMPv&ft ? : t ? 3 & 8 > stpocl , —the father and jnqther on o . ne sidfe , ^ nd' fj ^ e 4 fci 4 gbte * s . pi * the other , —shouting and cjying , a iyd Ippj ^ iftg a $
t" ^ drpw&ing ruonkies , but making no serious e $ b ^ s ty ) fS-Yft i ^ gvp . W hat has just been described occ u rred in less th ^ ^ minute . 1 ^ the meanwhile a ring had been fornjed round tW aHi 4 , > yho was thrashing away at the dog with his oh ^ ir , apd bets to a considerable amount were given and taken as tq th ^ issue of the content . The dog was a formidable pppqp ^ t , ? Lnd t \ ±$ artist , who fought with more enthusiasm th ^ n j \ idgrr \^ t
b fO& iilg his painting-stick about the benches , and nevec toweling his adversary , was obliged to give way . He bur § tt retreating , out of the ring , and the dog followed hii # closely , I |^ f € it would have gone bad ly with h } m if a Ivipky acpi ^ qt hgp ^ d npt interfered in his favour . He had retreated tp . w ^ rfls th ^ t part of the vessel where the traveller ' s carriages are r ^ ixg ^ jj .
Xk $ n ^^ re ^ t of these belonged to an English Ia 4 y , ^ fee bqiog s ^ aN 4 in it 3 * that moment with her eldes t daughter . ICh e ^ ladies amused themselves by discharging pistols for the , * $$ q f . thtf . 9 pbpu ^ fast as their valet , who was seated behind , could It >^ Lt& € H |* TJiere had been two rows that s ^ rne mprni ^ g ^ t ^ out hgr tig ht to make such a racket ; but as she had persisted , it * ^ P \ \ v Qf reip Qwtrance , and as there was no person preseji ^ who qpujd handgptnely and safely throw her overboard , they bad
been without effect . When the buli-dqg firsit & $ w at the -FfSflph ftmn and tumbled amongst the girls , this | ady had <^ te ? $ 4 her valet to load their pistols with bails . The valet &aa done so , and bad just put tbejn into her hands $ u | thp artist retreated towards her . The b ^ U-dog was springing up
atjbim , almost secure of his victim , when the lady wd her d % \ lgbt ^ r rose in their ' carriage , levelled their pistols ,- —the ft ^ Wer expl&ioied fire ! " and fire flashed from bqth iU $ b ^ tifrfls . The lady was an excellent markswoman ; her t * all tpQk e ^ ecV iQ tfee shoulder of the bull-dog . But her davgMe r * wjip fcftd & * && beea wsed to echo-shooting , was very wide of her Hfi&lkt > 1 fRust » perbap ^ was partly owing to her having slipped M : # h # waf f nod havine been forced to fire , supported by the
Viiqti whqse arms clasped her waist . Qwoi ^ * t ^ en $ oit , her l ^ ill ^ t , instead of being delivered to the bull-dog , ta whom it - #% & © ddres ^ d , kuocked off the hal of * German who was J oui ^ gipg pn d ^ ck . The hat w ^ g caught h y the ipoqkev from - $ hitin rfovalifl had just succeeded i ^ extricating hin ^ p ^ u > and if of
\ ke auim ^ U w tct make sure hi * prize , followed his caoipa-# mr ^ k it intfttU * river . , Ittft dfitjilk of the moakeyTloving family , on toitfcftftitig t ^«
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1836, page 690, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2663/page/38/
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