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PLATE XXIV. PRACTICE. PLATE XXV. PRECEPT. PLATE XXVI. EXAMPLE. PLATE XXVII. A MUSICAL FESTIVAL. PLATE XXVIII. THE EATING HOUSE. PLATE XXIX. [SCENE X.(b)] This is a werry lonely spot, Sir PLATE XXX. GONE! PLATE XXXI. THE PRACTICAL JOKER. No. I. PLATE XXXII. THE PRACTICAL JOKER. No. II. PLATE XXXIII. FISHING FOR WHITING AT MARGATE. ANDREW MULLINS.--AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY. CHAP. I. Introductory CHAP. II. Let the neighbors smell ve has something CHAP. III. I wou'dn't like to shoot her exactly CHAP. IV. A Situation. CHAP. V. The Stalking Horse. CHAP. VI. A Commission. CHAP. VII. The Cricket Match CHAP. VIII. The Hunter. CHAP. IX. A Row to Blackwall. CHAP. X. The Pic-Nic. CHAP. XI. The Journey Home. CHAP. XII. Monsieur Dubois. CHAP. XIII. My Talent Called into Active Service. CHAP. XIV. A Dilemma. CHAP. XV. An Old Acquaintance. CHAP. XVI. The Loss of a Friend. CHAP. XVII. Promotion. A RIGMAROLE. PART I. "De omnibus rebus." PART II. "Acti labores Sunt jucundi" PART III. "Oderunt hilarem tristes." AN INTERCEPTED LETTER FROM DICK SLAMMER TO HIS FRIEND SAM FLYKE. PLATE I. Dye think ve shall be in time for the hunt? PLATE II. Vat a rum chap to go over the 'edge that vay! EVERYDAY SCENES. SCENE I. "Walked twenty miles over night: up before peep o' day again got a capital place; fell fast asleep; tide rose up to my knees; my hat was changed, my pockets picked, and a fish ran away with my hook; dreamt of being on a Polar expedition and having my toes frozen." O! IZAAK WALTON!--Izaak Walton!--you have truly got me into a precious line, and I certainly deserve the rod for having, like a gudgeon, so greedily devoured the delusive bait, which you, so temptingly, threw out to catch the eye of my piscatorial inclination! I have read of right angles and obtuse angles, and, verily, begin to believe that there are also right anglers and obtuse anglers--and that I am really one of the latter class. But never more will I plant myself, like a weeping willow, upon t
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