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verse gives such a humourous and withal strictly true account of the events 

 of the day, that mindful of the proverb " miscere utile duici," and unwilling 

 that such clever pleasantry should be lost to the club, I am sure I may be 

 pardoned for preserving through the medium of my address this record of 

 "A DAT WITH THE COTTESWOLD CLX7B. 



" Come all ye joUy Naturalists that love to go a-field, 

 And try to find what rocks and stones, what woods and meadows yield ; 

 And you shall hear the story of a scientific spree 

 I had oa Thursday, the 23rd of the month of February. 

 'Twas on that very morning I was going to the Docks, 

 For I'm the junior partner in the firm of Box and Cox ; 

 And 'though it is in commerce that my labour chiefly lies, 

 I've a mighty turn for science and for curiosities; 

 "Well, as I was going to business who should I meet but Jones ; 

 John Jones, you know, of Glos'ter, who knows aU about the bones 

 Of the crocodiles and tigers, and the other curious creatures, 

 That lived upon the Cotteswold Hills in the time of Julius Caesar ; 

 And all about the Egyptians and the mummy of the Pharaoh, 

 That the man at the Museum in our town has the care o' ; 

 And many other things besides, 'though these I think no trifles. 

 And also he's Lieutenant of our " Dock Company Kifles." 

 Says he to me, says Jones, says he, Peter, says he, I say, 

 (For Peter is my christian name) come out with us to-day. 

 Come where ? says I ; why out, says he, with our Society, 

 The Cotteswold NaturaUsts' Field Club, of wHch I am Secretary, 

 And Mr. Guise is President, and there's breakfast at the Ram, 

 Tea and cofiee, eggs and kidneys, bacon, hot roUs, and ham ; 

 And afterwards we're going at the Koman Camp to look, 

 Then to lunch at Mr. Lysons'»-{says I, that suits my book) ; 

 And at haK-paat four to dinner at the Ram it is arrang'd. 

 And afterwards a " swarry " to be held at the Com Exchange. 

 Well, to cut my story short, I went off to the Ram, 

 Where I found that his description of the breakfast was no sham. 

 And after breakfast with the Club to the Roman Camp I went. 

 And saw where JuHus Caesar had pitch'd his breakfast tent. 

 And then to Mr Lysons's, where some cider and some beer 

 Consoled me for my labours, 'though it left my head less clear 

 Than was good for a Philosopher, who had to look and learn 

 About a Lachrymermm, and jugs, and a funeral urn. 

 And a lot of bones which in the camp in a coffin they had found. 

 'Though whether 'twas a man or a woman to teU they'd not be bound ; 

 For Dr. Wright, a knowing one, he said it was a male, 

 As it had an anlilemoses on the obUque trochanter's tail. 

 But Dr. Bird, another nob, said he'd give into no man. 

 For it had not cut its wisdom teeth, and therefore was a woman. 

 And another learned gentleman seemed with neither to agree, 

 For he said, in order to decide, a pelvis we must see. 

 Well, what with the beer and cider my head was in a pother, 

 Sol made bold to up and say, t'was neither one nor t'other. 

 So after that I thought it best to go and get a snooze, 



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