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BULGER IS GREATLY ANNOYED BY THE FAMILIARITY OF THE VILLAGE DOGS

AND THE PRESUMPTION OF THE HOUSE CATS.—HIS HEALTH SUFFERS

THEREBY, AND HE IMPLORES ME TO SET OUT ON MY TRAVELS AGAIN. I

READILY CONSENT, FOR I HAD BEEN READING OF THE WORLD WITHIN A

WORLD IN A MUSTY OLD MS. WRITTEN BY THE LEARNED DON FUM.—PARTING

INTERVIEWS WITH THE ELDER BARON AND THE GRACIOUS BARONESS MY

MOTHER.—PREPARATIONS FOR DEPARTURE. 1