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enclosure bills had not then come into fashion, they wished to
invent an enclosure-wall which should shut out the poor men
from the pond, although they lived so near it, and still give free
access to the rich men, who resided at a greater distance. How
was this done?

CCCCL.
GAME OF THE CAT.

THIS is another slate game, in which, by means of a tale and
appropriate indications on the slate, a rude figure of a cat is
delineated. It requires, however, some little ingenuity to ac-
complish it.

Tommy would once go to see his cousin Charles. [Here one
draws T for Tommy, and C for Charles, forming the forehead,
nose, and mouth of the cat.] But before he went, he would make
walls to his house. [Here he draws lines from the arms of the
T to its foot, forming the cheeks of the cat.] But then it smoked,
and he would put chimneys to it. [Here he inserts two narrow
triangles on each arm of the T, forming the ears of the cat.] But