THE MAN IN THE MOON
1 Tycho Brahe in his observatory. His telescope (by Dollond) brings the Moon so close that the Man therefrom slides down the barrel. Tycho is astonied some.
2 The checking of chronometers—(Inset, the Pagoda at Kew)—shows that the visitor, travelling by summer time, has arrived too early. He asks for Ordnance map of Norfolk. T. Brahe replies “Sur-vey victis.”
3 The Man from Moon journeys southwards. He arrives at Pampeluna, his cousin. He is hospitably entertained with pease porridge.
“He burns his mouth.”
4 Porridge being made from O T meal, he burns his mouth. He does the obvious, remarking that some fools would have kept it in. The gentility of his bringing up is questioned. Sic transit.
5 He is called to the Bar. He orders a split soda. His cousin runs out. He is run in, for treatment which is not of the nature and quality demanded. One pussyfoot makes one rude.
6 Ascending in a paravane, he is assumed, as a balloonatic, to be incapable of managing his affairs, with costs on the High Court Scale, and the custody of the weights thereunto belonging. The Man in the Moon is deceitful upon the weights. He is altogether lighter than alimony.