CHAPTER IV. 



COUSIN SARAH. 



' ' Of all the girls that are so smart 

 There's none like pretty Sally." CAREY. 



NOT know Cousin Sarah ! you surprise me. Allow me 

 to have the pleasure of introducing you. " Fair Reader 

 Miss Anthropopitheca Calva." Miss Calva is possibly 

 already known to you, reader, by her pet name, "Sally." 

 She has several aliases. At home, in Africa, she is spoken 

 of, by those who can pronounce the name, as N'tchego 

 Mbouve ; and here in England some folk call her the bald- 

 headed chimpanzee ; but she not unnaturally resents per- 

 sonal allusions of this sort, unless they are gracefully 

 hinted in Latin. 



" Not very beautiful," do you say ? Well ! there is a 

 slight want of prominence about the nose and an absence 

 of delicacy in the moulding of mouth and chin. But 

 beauty is not everything : and I can assure you that Cousin 

 Sarah is full of talent. Have you heard her sing ? Have 

 you seen her sip her beef-tea with a spoon ? Have you 

 heard her murmur hoo-hoo, her way of saying I thank you ? 

 A young lady who can sing passably, who can sip her five 

 o'clock tea with grace and ease, and who possesses an 

 amiable and grateful disposition, is capable of winning an 

 assured place in fashionable society. I have no doubt, 



