JORROCKS ON ^UNTING 



By the szvift motion slung, we mount aloft ; 

 So ships r winter seas now sliding sink 

 A down the steepy wave, then tossed on ^igh 

 Ride on the billows and defy the storm,'' 



" That's capital, too," observed Mr. Jorrocks, 

 conning the matter over, '^ werry superior 

 readin', indeed, but some'ow or other, I thinks 

 I likes old Peter better ; it comes more nattural 

 like. 'Ere, for instance, is a bit o' fine sportin' 

 scenery, that makes one feel all over, 'unting 

 like." 



Mr. Jorrocks then read as follows : — 

 " ' It was then the fox I saw, as we came 

 down the 'ill ; — those crows directed me 

 which way to look, and the ship ran from 'im 

 as he passed along. The 'ounds are now on 

 the werry spot, yet the ship stop them not, 

 for they dash beyond them. Now see with 

 wot heagerness they cross the plain ! — Galloper 

 no longer keeps his place ; Brusher takes it 

 — see 'ow he flings for the scent, and 'ow 



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