But we'll 'ope the best, my Sairey, though yer can't for certain tell,

And I ain't got much opinion of them parties in Pall Mall,

But for once they've put a bullet in the bull's eye, I'll admit,

If they makes my Sairey portion of my necessary kit.


"Advance Notes" (Military).—The bugler's.


Boatswain (to newly-joined cadet). "Come, my little man, you mustn't cry on board of one of His Majesty's ships of war. Did your mother cry when you left?"