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children.

  "William Jones, father a labourer, with four children; two deaf anddumb.

  "John Clucas, mother a widow, with seven children.

  "Ann Byford, mother a widow and washerwoman, with three children; one acripple.

  "Thomas Ryley, father a collier, with six children; two deaf and dumb.

  "Thomas Pricket, father a small farmer, with six children; two deaf anddumb.

  "Elizabeth Redhead, one of seven orphan children.

  "Eliza Hemsley, father a watch-maker, with six children.

  "Ambrose Davis, father a journeyman cotton-spinner, with eight children.

  "Ann Elizabeth Caulfield, father a music engraver, with eight children;two deaf and dumb.

  "Jane Minter, father a baker, with six children; two deaf and dumb.

  "Martha Pearce, mother a poor spinner, with two children; both deaf anddumb.

  "Elizabeth Bright, father a lime-burner, with nine children.

  "William Arnold, mother a widow in great poverty, with four children.

  "Robert Smith, parents poor, with three children; two deaf and dumb.

  "Ann Jones, father a poor carpenter, with two children; both deaf anddumb.

  "Wharton Rye, father a mariner, with two children; both deaf and dumb.

  "W. E. Cherry, mother a widow, with five children; two deaf and dumb."

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  Transcriber's note:

  Every effort has been made to replicate this text as faithfully as possible.

  The following is a list of changes made to the original. The first line is the original line, the second the corrected one.

  Smiles once once more appeared in Smiles once more appeared in

  pressing an invitation. The place so pressing an invitation. The place

  have, for him to go," said the kind-hearted-boy; have, for him to go," said the kind-hearted boy;

  speak at last?" Well, if I lose some speak at last? Well, if I lose some

  taken great care of of the young gentleman, taken great care of the young gentleman,