THE LIFE OF A SPORTSMAN 



His wife his dinner cook'd eacli day, of good fat roast and boil'd, 

 And oftentimes, for want of fire, his dinner it got spoil'd ; 

 And he Avould have had it cook'd by gas, but he could not afford — 

 And from Oldham had his coals, but the jiits were not then bored. 



For Adam, etc. 



He led a very happy sort of comfortable life. 

 And never quarrelled with any one, except 'twas with his wife ; 

 And siie durst trust him out at nights, for so some people say ; 

 Nor was she ever once afraid that he would go astray. 



For Adam, etc. 



And Eve, unlike our women now, in bows and frills ne'er drest. 

 Nor ever drank or gin or tea — now was not Adam blest? 

 Her neighbours she ne'er scandalised, nor treated them with scorn, 

 She was the pink of women then, because none else were born. 



For Adam, etc. 



Old Adam ne'er example took by other jjcople's ways. 

 Nor ever went to routs or balls, to concerts or to plays ; 

 For concert-rooms and playhouses, they were not built then. 

 And Eve was never once accused of flirting witii the men. 



For Adam, etc. 



At last poor Adam's days had run their course, and then, poor man, he 

 Nor was there even one stood weeping by his bed-side ; [died, 



Without a good oak coffin they laid him in his clay. 

 Nor were they afraid of body-snatchers stealing him away. 



For Adam, etc." ' 



Frmik Rahy. — ' Well done, Jack ! you sing like a nightingale, 

 and the sight of your good-humoured face adds much to your 

 melody. We will have one more bottle of claret, a rubber at 

 whist, in the other room, and to bed in good time — a rule I 

 mean to adopt in my house, to the best of my power to do so. 

 It is written of Moses, of whom we have just been speaking, 

 that at the age of 100 years, "his eye was not dim, neither was 

 his natural force abated ; " and as I hope to ride a-hunting at 

 fourscore, at least, I mean to keep early hours, as no doubt 

 Moses did.' 



Jack Webber. — ' But, as a sportsman, if you wish to be old, you 

 must not regard all that Moses tells you. For example; he 

 says, " thou shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts, as of linen 

 and woollen fogelJter." Now, who can expect to hunt anel shoot, 

 in this country, without suffering from rheumatism, if he do 

 not wear flannel under his shirt ; as for m3\self I should have 



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