Part 73 (1/1)

-But may not a cow be barren? replied my father, turning to Doctor Slop.

It never happens: said Dr. Slop, but the man's wife may have come before her time naturally enough-Prithee has the child hair upon his head?-added Dr. Slop-

-It is as hairy as I am; said Obadiah.-Obadiah had not been shaved for three weeks-Wheu...u...u...cried my father; beginning the sentence with an exclamatory whistle-and so, brother Toby, this poor Bull of mine, who is as good a Bull as ever p..ss'd, and might have done for Europa herself in purer times-had he but two legs less, might have been driven into Doctors Commons and lost his character-which to a Town Bull, brother Toby, is the very same thing as his life-

L..d! said my mother, what is all this story about?-

A c.o.c.k and a Bull, said Yorick-And one of the best of its kind, I ever heard.

End of the Fourth Volume.