riverrun, past Eve and Adam's, from swerve of shore to bend

of bay, brings us by a commodius vicus of recirculation back to


Howth Castle and Environs.




Sir Tristram, violer d'amores, fr'over the short sea, had passen-


core rearrived from North Armorica on this side the scraggy


isthmus of Europe Minor to wielderfight his ^&@#$olate war: nor

had topsawyer's rocks by the stream Oconee exaggerated themselse


to Laurens County's gorgios while they went doublin their mumper


all the time: nor avoice from afire bellowsed mishe mishe to

tauftauf thuartpeatrick: not yet, though venissoon after, had a


kidscad buttended a bland old isaac: not yet, though all's fair in


vanessy, were sosie sesthers wroth with twone nathandjoe. Rot a

peck of pa's malt had Jhem or Shen brewed by arclight and rory


end to the regginbrow was to be seen ringsome on the aquaface.




The fall (bababadalgharaghtakamminarronnkonnbronntonner-


ronntuonnthunntrovarrhounawnskawntoohoohoordenenthur-


nuk!) of a once wallstrait oldparr is retaled early in bed and later

on life down through all christian minstrelsy. The great fall of the


offwall entailed at such short notice the pftjschute of Finnegan,


erse solid man, that the humptyhillhead of humself prumptly sends

an unquiring one well to the west in quest of his tumptytumtoes:


and their upturnpikepointandplace is at the knock out in the park


where oranges have been laid to rust upon the green since dev-

linsfirst loved livvy.