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THE INDIAN ECLIPSE, 1898. 



It is on record that two English tourists once discussed the 

 question as to whether it were possible to pay an Irish car- 

 driver so well that, unlike Oliver Twist, he should not " ask for 

 more." The controversy having taken the form of a bet, the 

 more sanguine disputant called a car, rode a quarter of a furlong, 

 and offered the lucky driver a sovereign " in full of all demands." 

 " Ach ! shure," says Pat ; " but it would be a pity to break it : 

 wouldn't you be giving a sixpence more just to drink your 

 health ! " 



We trust that too close a comparison will not be drawn 

 between our Association and this greedy carman, if after a 

 chronicle of so much success it is found that, as if counting 

 what has been done as nothing, it looks forward to organising 

 more expeditions on a larger scale with more ambitious plans, 

 and is expectant of even greater success in the eclipse of 1 900. 



NEARLY HOME. 



A cold day in the Channel. 



