A puddinstone

• he put in a stone → HCE as city-builder

• a: (archaic) he

• puddingstone: conglomerate rock

• Puddinstone Wilson: a novel by Mark Twain

• Just how a puddinstone inat the brookcells by a riverpool: Joyce's original draft read: Just a puddingstone at a riverpool, which later became, Just like a puddinstone at the brookcells in a riverpool
  • A First-Draft Version of Finnegans Wake