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AN UNKNOWN TONGUE

... A strange lingual difficulty bas arisen at the Liver- pool workhouse. A few days ago a party of emigrants — men, women, and children — were found wandering about tbe streets in a destitute state. They were taken to the workhouse, where their arrival placed the officials in a very novel position. The regulations require the inmates of tbe bouse to describe them- selves—where they came from, ...