Fingers : Mun-gal-bah.

With visions of Bit-sag-gal my heart bless, The temple of the gods, of Nin, with rest Unbroken, and to Merodach I pray!

"Well," said Mr. Hucks slowly, after another perusal of the telegram, "I don't conclude much from it; but from my knowledge of the gal-child, I jolly well conclude that they're no more drowned than you or me.

An' you can roam' roun' at night an' court gals jus' as late as you please.

[Illustration: See, with long tail but scan-ty mane, The Ze-bra gal-lops o'er the plain.]

He heav-ed a deep sigh; for he saw no pot up-on the fire, which ought to have been bub-bling up with their fru-gal din-ner: but, a-las!

"That youngest gal o' yours," the man repeated.

Fo'ty yeahs ago who'd 'a' ever expected ter see a nigger gal ridin' in her own buggy?

Julia had a easy time; she had a black gal ter wait on her, a buggy to ride in, an' eve'ything she wanted.

He's here in Millville, with three gals fer nieces thet's all got money to squander an's bound to hev more.

They could enlist in the Union Army and get good wages, more food than they ever had, and have all the little gals wavin' at 'em when they passed.

"She's rather too young for me; I like talking to gals wot's a bit older.