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Chapter 1

           Buttogivetheirconversationintheoriginalwouldconveybutlittleinformationtothemodernreader,forwhosebenefitwebegtoofferthefollowingtranslation:

           "ThecurseofStWitholdupontheseinfernalporkers!"saidtheswine-herd,afterblowinghishornobstreperously,tocollecttogetherthescatteredherdofswine,which,answeringhiscallwithnotesequallymelodious,made,however,nohastetoremovethemselvesfromtheluxuriousbanquetofbeech-mastandacornsonwhichtheyhadfattened,ortoforsakethemarshybanksoftherivulet,whereseveralofthem,halfplungedinmud,laystretchedattheirease,altogetherregardlessofthevoiceoftheirkeeper."ThecurseofStWitholduponthemanduponme!"saidGurth;"ifthetwo-leggedwolfsnapnotupsomeofthemerenightfall,Iamnotrueman.Here,Fangs!Fangs!"heejaculatedatthetopofhisvoicetoaraggedwolfish-lookingdog,asortoflurcher,halfmastiff,halfgreyhound,whichranlimpingaboutasifwiththepurposeofsecondinghismasterincollectingtherefractorygrunters;butwhich,infact,frommisapprehensionoftheswine-herd’ssignals,ignoranceofhisownduty,ormaliceprepense,onlydrovethemhitherandthither,andincreasedtheevilwhichheseemedtodesigntoremedy.

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