She. "OH, THEN YOU OUGHT TO COME DOWN TO OUR NEIGHBOURHOOD IN THE WINTER. IT WOULD JUST SUIT YOU, THERE ARE SUCH A LOT OF GEESE ABOUT—A—A—I MEAN WILD GEESE, OF COURSE!"


THE "EGYPTIAN PET."

["We desire that Egypt should he strong enough of herself to repel all external attack, and to put down all internal disturbance."

Lord Salisbury at the Guildhall.]

Professor of the Noble Art of Self-Defence (the "Pet's" Trainer), loquitur:—

Change in my attitude? Nay, not a bit of it!

Like JOAN'S true DARBY I'm "always the same."

Parties may flout, but I can't see the wit of it;

Surely they ought to be fly to my game.

Such "disquisitions" are strangely unfortunate,