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Charles Joseph Trundle.

With his mother's most undying affection.

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Joseph

Index Rerum

Caroli Stewart cœptis quarto decimo die ante Kalendas Martias

MDCCCXLV

1 Al Absurdities - When the Greeks[1 word illeg ...?] convey the idea that a man was absurdly, fool[-] ishly ^ or improperly employed, they said : - He ploughs the air - washes the Ethiopian - holds the serpent by the tail and takes the bull by the horns He catches the wind [with] a net - changes a fly into an elephant and takes the spring from the gear He is making ropes of sand - ploughing on a rock - taking oil to extinguish fire, He puts a rope to the eye of a needle - drains water with a sieve - numbers the waves, paves the meadows - [fans/farms?] with a [lather?] - strikes with a straw and clears the clouds He takes a spear to kill a fly - speak[s] of things more ancient than chaos - roasts snow in a furnace, and holds a looking glass to a mole. - He is building a bridge over the sea - making clothes for fishes - writing on the surface of the water - takes a post to kill a bee - setting an ox to catch a hare - doing what is done and seeking figs where only brambles grow .- He is teach[-] ing iron the swim, - a dog to bark - a cock to crow a wasp to sting and a fish to bite. [illegible 3-4 words crossed out]