TABLE OF THE PROBABLE DURATION OF LIFE.
(The number 20 being taken as representing the chance
of living longest).
| Vegetarian | 5 |
| Fox-hunter | 15 |
| Soldier in the Line | 9 |
| Guardsman | 19¾ |
| Railway Traveller | 12 |
| Ditto, on the Midland Counties' Railway | 1¼ |
| Habitué of the Legitimate Drama | ¼ |
| Husband of a "Bloomer" (unless he runs away from her) | 1 |
| Member of Parliament | 15 |
| Reader of Parliamentary Debates | 5 |
| Reader of the Comic Almanack[[9]] | 20 |
[9]. Note.—If a purchaser also, the chance is enormously increased, and, for all practical purposes, may be regarded as a certainty.—Publisher.