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«¢ fo out I lugged the large pafty that had the cat baked in it, and. _
«| gave it to the officer, who was fo well pleafed, that he invited
“‘ the other peafant and me to take a cup of coffee with him;.
“‘ and fo we did; and he gave usa glafs of punch after it, and a
« bumper of excellent brandy befides; after which we took our
« leave, and went our ways.”
‘‘ Thus ends the peafant’s tale which he told to his neighbours
«‘ of Paldamo, and which I, Vantnen, have put into verfe for the.
“« delight of all that fhall hear it: and I fuppofe I thall get much
“‘ fuch a prefent for my compofition as the firft commiffary of the
“ cuftoms had for his civility—one of pufs’s hind legs; for the
“« officer eat the other, as you muft next hear.
“ The commiflary Ritzi, for fo this officer was named who had
«« received this noble prefent, was fat down to his fupper, and the
‘«‘ Paldamo-patty was placed before him. He firft cut off a flice
“ of the cruft, which he tafted, and found very relifhing and
« good: he next pulled out one of the cat’s hind legs. To be
“ fure he fcratched his mouth with the claws; but that he
“‘ thought might be the pike’s teeth, for he fuppofed that the
“« pafty had a large jack in it, and the cat’s hind leg before him
“‘ was the jole of the jack. At length he opened the pafty, but
“* what was his aftonifhment when he beheld a pafty with a baked
‘¢ cat in it, {kin, fur and all!
‘«« Hle {tamped, he raved, he fwore—and at laft he broke out
** into thefe reflections—Who could have thought that a peafant
“of Paldamo would have prefented the firft commiflary of the
*“* cuftoms
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