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Beautifully printed by Whittingham, with Characteristic Embellishments,

SAYINGS and DOINGS at KILLARNEY; or, the LEGENDS of the LAKES. By T. CROFTON CROKER, Esq. M.R.I.A.

"These volumes are, indeed, quite novel and original in their genus: they are as admirable guides to all the natural beauties of Killarney, as if they were expressly written to be carried in the tourist's hands, to point out the picturesque scenery, but they are, at the same time, so entertaining as literary companions, that the reader may sit by his own fire-side, and reap almost as much amusement from them, as if he were actually on the spot. Thus, for the closet or for the country, for the armchair or for the adventurer, our popular Author is equally calculated to be a favourite with his genuine 'Legends,' and characteristic Sayings and Doings.""-Literary Gazette, Dec. 20, 1828.

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Now in these piping times of peace.

SHAKSPEARE.

IN THREE VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

LONDON:

JOHN EBERS AND CO., OLD BOND STREET.

MDCCCXXIX.

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CHAPTER I.

THE ASSIZES.

The business to the laws alone,
The proof is all it looks upon;
And you can want no witnesses
To swear to any thing you please,
That hardly get their mere expences
By the labour of their consciences.

HUDIBRAS.

ONE fine morning, when neither the duties of the riding-school or barrack yard interfered, our cornet rode into the town of Clonmel, which he found in an unusual state of bustle-pigs, cows,

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