My master, for his own interest, would not suffer anyone to touch me except my nurse; and to prevent danger, benches were set round the table at such a distance as to put me out of everybody’s reach. However, an unlucky schoolboy aimed a hazel nut directly at my head, which very narrowly missed me; otherwise it came with so much violence, that it would have infallibly knocked out my brains, for it was almost as large as a small pumpkin, but I had the satisfaction to see the young rogue well beaten, and turned out of the room.