was a bear{4}; another eagerly offered to give us
_five eighths_, or sell us, at the same price, for the account'{5};
while a fourth thrust his

2 A place so named, without the Stock Exchange, where the
lame ducks and fallen angels of Upper Tartary assemble when
expelled the house, to catch a hint how the puff's and bangs
succeed in the private gambling market; when if they can
saddle their neighbour before he is up to the variation, it
is thought good jobbing.

3 Persons that purchase with a view for a rise in the
funds.

4 One who sells with a view to a fall in the price of stock.

5 A certain future day, fixed upon by the Committee of the
Stock Exchange, for the settlement of _time bargains_--they
are usually appointed at an interval of six weeks, and the
price of stocks on this given day determines the
speculator's gain or loss.

~119~~copper countenance into my face, and offered to do business with
me at a fiddle.{6} "Tush, tush," said Peter Principal to the increasing
multitude which now barred our passage, "we are only come to take a
look, and watch the operation of the market." "_Dividend hunters_{7}
I suppose," said a knowing looking fellow, sarcastically, "ear
wigging{8}--Hey, Mr. Principal, something good for the pull out{9}?
Well, if the gentlemen wish to put on the pot, although it be for a
pony,{10} I'm their man, only a little rasping,{11} you know." To this
eloquent appeal succeeded a similar application from a son of Israel,
who offered to accommodate us in any way we wished, either for the
_call_{l2} or _put_{13}; to which friendly offer little Principal put
his direct negative, and, after innumerable

6 When a broker has got money transactions of any conse-
sequence, as there is no risk in these cases, he will fiddle
one finger across the other, signifying by this that the
jobber must give up half the turn of the market price to
him, which he pockets besides his commission.

7 Those who suppose by changing stock they get double
interest, by receiving four dividends in one year instead of
two; but in this they are deceived, as the jobber, when he
changes stock, gains the advantage; for instance, if he buys
consols at sixty, when he sells out there will be deducted
one and a half per cent. for the dividend.

8 When bargains are done privately by a whisper, to con