139. Because without a tail it is nothing.
140. Because he had no knife.
141. Rooks, because they never complain without caws.
142. A pair of post-horses (which have only the postilion’s leg between them).
143. Insatiate.
144. Cod.
145. Chocolate.
146. Tea-chest.
147. Won-der.
148. On! Stanley! on!—On-i-on.