"Are you de man advertised for de dogs, sa-a-ay? You needn't be afraid o' dem; come a'here, lay down, Balty—day's de dogs, mister, vot you read of!" "Ain't they rather fierce," responded the rural sportsman, eyeing the ugly brutes. "Fierce? Better believe dey are—show 'em a f-f-ight, if you want to see 'em go in for de chances! You want to see der teeth?"—

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    Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1856, by

    T. B. PETERSON,

    In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, in and for the

    Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

     TO

     ISAAC S. CLOUGH, ESQ.,

     OF MASSACHUSETTS,

    AS A SLIGHT TOKEN OF MY REGARDS FOR YOUR JUST

    APPRECIATION OF A GOOD THING,

     AS WELL AS FOR

    YOUR RARE GOOD SOCIAL WIT AND AGREEABLE QUALITIES;

     AND MORE THAN ALL,

    FOR YOUR GENEROUS SPIRIT AND WELL-TESTED FRIENDSHIP,

     I DO WITH SINCERE PLEASURE,

    Dedicate unto you this Volume of my Sketches.

     FRATERNALLY YOURS,

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