Jollification Traditional Cache

Forsooth he beheld the game--fired his rifle, and the ball struck bruin behind the shoulder. Notwithstanding, he did not expire until he had received six shots. The bear was exceedingly large and fat, and after it was dressed its carcass and hide weighed six hundred and forty pounds. And the neighbors of Joseph rejoiced and were glad that bruin was dead; and they had a jollification, and partook freely of a beverage called metheglin, insomuch that they became exceedingly cheerful through its effects, and each neighbor on returning to his own house, often deviated from a straight line.