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How Mr. Winkle, instead of shooting at the Pigeon and killing the Crow, shot at the Crow and wounded

           Pickwickwasalmostinclinedtoregrettheexpeditiontheyhadused,whenhefoundhimselfinthemainstreetofthetownofMuggleton.EverybodywhosegeniushasatopographicalbentknowsperfectlywellthatMuggletonisacorporatetown,withamayor,burgesses,andfreemen;andanybodywhohasconsultedtheaddressesofthemayortothefreemen,orthefreementothemayor,orbothtothecorporation,orallthreetoParliament,willlearnfromthencewhattheyoughttohaveknownbefore,thatMuggletonisanancientandloyalborough,minglingazealousadvocacyofChristianprincipleswithadevotedattachmenttocommercialrights;indemonstrationwhereof,themayor,corporation,andotherinhabitants,havepresentedatdiverstimes,nofewerthanonethousandfourhundredandtwentypetitionsagainstthecontinuanceofnegroslaveryabroad,andanequalnumberagainstanyinterferencewiththefactorysystemathome;sixty-eightinfavourofthesaleoflivingsintheChurch,andeighty-sixforabolishingSundaytradinginthestreet.

           Mr.Pickwickstoodintheprincipalstreetofthisillustrioustown,andgazedwithanairofcuriosity,notunmixedwithinterest,ontheobjectsaroundhim.Therewasanopensquareforthemarket-place;andinthecentreofit,alargeinnwithasign-postinfront,displayinganobjectverycommoninart,butrarelymetwithinnaturetowit,abluelion,withthreebowlegsintheair,balancinghimselfontheextremepointofthecentreclawofhisfourthfoot.

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