152 A FEW HINTS 



15. 



Avoid a dull and a damp day. The dull, 

 sounds stupid ; and the damj), aguish. 



16. 



I can strongly recommend, for the exercise 

 of your art, the Irishman's " likely stream." 

 A 2;entleman once saw an Irishman floo:2:ino^ 

 the water, with great perseverance, but with- 

 out correspondent success ; and, after standing 

 for some time in admiration of the artist's 

 practice, observed, — 



" A likely stream, sir ; as likely a stream as 

 I ever saw." 



Whereupon, Pat, looking up with that hu- 

 morous expression which only twinkles in an 

 Irishman's eye, replied, — 



" Ah, sure now, an' ye may say that same ; 

 an' so well do the Jish like it, bad 'cess to 'em ! 

 the divil a one can I git out of it, any way ! " 



" Then why don't you try the little brook 

 that falls in just below ? " 



