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From the Library of Porpentinus Cripplewort
Some NOTES ~
on the
Geography, Peoples, &
HISTORY
(Natural and Humane)
of the
Strange & Wonderful
ISLAND
of
FARNISH,
Compiled and Indexed by Porpentinus Cripplewort, Esq., of Farnish
Castle, Isle of Farnish, from his own Various and Sundry Researches.
Written in the
Year of Our Lord
MDCCCXLI
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Facsimile of the Original MS, made by Grobius Shortling, 5th in
direct descent (via a byblow) from the Author, with revisions, and
abridgements, in the year 1967... Porpentinus Cripplewort (1653?-1842)
lived through a period of time that was not to be equalled for extraordinary
changes until the Wright Brothers transformed kites into spaceships.
TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE: The Original
Manuscript runs to over 1000 pages (foolscap). The following booklet
is a drastic abridgement designed only to convey to the interested
reader some of the charm and erudition of the original author. Should
public interest be hereby stimulated, I will in the future issue the
work in its entirety.
There was no table of contents, but the book can be broken down into
these general sections:
--The Topography of Farnish
--Some Curious Fauna
--The Farnishite Barque
--The Casting Thiln
--A Strange Custom
--The Literature of Farnish
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--People & History
--Farnisham (Nostril)
--Gelling
--Agriculture, Commerce, etc.
--Customs, Festivals, Sports
--Castles & Manors
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[A note on the illustrations. Lacking the proper equipment, I was unable
to reproduce the original Cripplewort drawings and have re-created some
of them using 'Paintbrush'. Audubon it's not. My apologies. --G.S.]
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