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Traced his descent, through ages dark, / From cats that caterwauled in Noah's ark. / - Salmagundi, 4to, 1793
Value of a celebrated Name -- My Ancestors -- Their Ante-Mosaic origin -- Flint-workers -- Toolmakers -- Not descended from Cain -- Ought a Philosopher to avow it if he were? -- Probability of Descent from Tubal Cain -- Argument in favour, he worked in Iron -- On the other side, he invented Organs -- Possible origin of my Name -- Family History in very recent times.