Ripley.
["_Tubal._ One of them showed me a ring that he had of your daughter
for a monkey.
"_Shylock._ Out upon her! Thou torturest me, Tubal: it was my
turquoise; I had it of Leah, when I was a bachelor: I would not have
given it for _a wilderness of monkies_."--_Merchant of Venice_, Act
III. Sc. 1.]
_Splitting Paper._--Could any of your readers give the receipt for
splitting paper, say a bank-note? In no book can I find it, but I
believe that it is known by many.