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Chapter 9
Growlingandgrousingandhiseyeallbloodshotfromthedrouthisinitandthehydrophobiadroppingoutofhisjaws.
Allthosewhoareinterestedinthespreadofhumancultureamongtheloweranimals(andtheirnameislegion)shouldmakeapointofnotmissingthereallymarvellousexhibitionofcynanthropygivenbythefamousoldIrishredsetterwolfdogformerlyknownbythesobriquetofGarryowenandrecentlyrechristenedbyhislargecircleoffriendsandacquaintancesOwenGarry.Theexhibition,whichistheresultofyearsoftrainingbykindnessandacarefullythoughtoutdietarysystem,comprises,amongotherachievements,therecitationofverse.Ourgreatestlivingphoneticexpert(wildhorsesshallnotdragitfromus!)hasleftnostoneunturnedinhiseffortstodelucidateandcomparetheverserecitedandhasfounditbearsastrikingresemblance(theitalicsareours)totherannsofancientCelticbards.WearenotspeakingsomuchofthosedelightfullovesongswithwhichthewriterwhoconcealshisidentityunderthegracefulpseudonymoftheLittleSweetBranchhasfamiliarisedthebooklovingworldbutrather(asacontributorD.O.C.pointsoutinaninterestingcommunicationpublishedbyaneveningcontemporary)oftheharsherandmorepersonalnotewhichisfoundinthesatiricaleffusionsofthefamousRafteryandofDonalMacConsidinetosaynothingofamoremodernlyristatpresentverymuchinthepubliceye.
