and
Lieut. Aldrich will recite the true and touching
Tale of a Tub.
To conclude with some highly amusing
Comic Scenes.
To commence at 7.30 precisely.
God save the Queen.
Messrs. Giffard and Symons, Printing Office, Trap Lane.
These amusements may be considered light and frivolous, for men engaged in such a serious undertaking as that upon which we were embarked; still they all tended to one point—namely, the successful issue of the enterprise. For they kept the minds of the men employed with pleasant and agreeable thoughts, drove away all feelings of tedium and dulness, and thus assisted largely in promoting the general well-being and satisfactory sanitary condition of the expedition during the long night of nearly one hundred and fifty days. They effectually banished despondency, and assisted in making all hands cheerful, happy, and contented.
[1] Lieutenant Giffard and Robert Symons, A.B.