ail to express our opinions by
subscriptions to remunerate the dauntless defender of the rights and
privileges of the British subject."

"_Tip us your flipper_"{1} said Harry---"then I see you are a true bit
of the bull breed--one of us, as I may say. Well, now you see the spot
of earth he inhabits--zounds, man, in his shop you will find amusement
for a month--see here is The House that Jack Built--there is the Queen's
Matrimonial Ladder, do you mark?--What think you of these qualifications
for a Gentleman?

"In love, and in liquor, and o'ertoppled with debt, With women, with
wine, and with duns on the fret."

There you have the Nondescript--

"A something, a nothing--what none understand,
Be-mitred, be-crowned, but without heart or hand;
There's Jack in the Green too, and Noodles, alas!
"Who doodle John Bull of gold, silver, and brass.

"Come," said Dashall, "you must cut your story short; I know if you
begin to preach, we shall have a sermon as long as from here to South
America, so allons;" and with this impelling his Cousin forward, they

1 Tip us your Flipper--your mawley--your daddle, or your
thieving hook; are terms made use of as occasions may suit
the company in which they are introduced, to signify a desire
to shake hands.

~271~~ approached towards Saint Paul's, chiefly occupied in conversation
on the great merit displayed in the excellent designs of Mr. Cruikshank,
which embellish the work they had just been viewing; nor did they
discover any thing further worthy of notice, till Bob's ears were
suddenly attracted by a noise somewhat like that of a rattle, and
turning sharply round to discover from whence it came, was amused with
the sight of several small busts of great men, apparently dancing to the
music of a weaver's shuttle.{1}

"What the devil do you call this?" said he--"is it an exhibition of
wax-work, or a model academy?"

"Neither," replied Dashall; "this is no other than the shop of a
well-known dealer in stockings and nightcaps, who takes this ingenious
mode of making himself popular, and informing the passengers that

"Here you may be served with all patterns and sizes,
From the foot to the head, at moderate prices;"

with woolens for winter, and cottons for summer--Let us move on, for
there generally is a crowd at the door, and there is little doubt but he
profits by those who are induced to gaze, as mo