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the Nuts, — he being dressed something Hke a mon- 

 key; — with a pecuharly comic mewing and jabbering 

 chorus. The since popular Perfect Cure is the air 

 of this song, sHghtly altered, in the same way that 

 the TVhole Hog or none is altered from Love's young 

 Dream. 



The imitations of the ginger I allude to (I think 

 his name was McGown) were very good, and there 

 was no occasion for him to tell you which was 

 meant for the monkey and which the Cat, by no 

 means superfluous information sometimes, when a 

 young gentleman gives his notion of the voices of 

 popular actors. By the way, do any of my 

 readers remember the great Von Joel's celebrated 

 " plack purd " and " trush," and how hard it was, 

 occasionally, to tell which was '* te trush " or which 

 was " te plack purd " t 



In talking of a Cat's fondness for fish (see page 

 73), I might also have mentioned the great liking 

 these animals seem to have for the ends of aspara- 

 gus, which I have often observed them devour with 

 great eagerness. 



Talking of fish-catching, an officer on board an 

 Australian packet tells me that he has seen a Cat 

 watch for hours on a windy night for flying fish, 

 which jump on board if they see a light. From 



