94 ANNALS OF THE ROAD. 



fortune, and pick-pockets to ease you of it ; ladies bur- 

 thened with virtue, and ladies much lighter without; 

 mothers watching to catch and daughters hoping to 

 handle ; so on, ad infinitum! 



Patroclus winds up his very graphic description with 

 the following loyal toast. Put 'Queen' for ' King,' and 

 it's as good a one as ever. 



A bumper of Burgundy fill, fill for me — 



Give those who prefer it Champagne ; 



But whatever the wine, it a bumper must be, 



If we e'er drink a bumper again. 



Now, now when the cares of the day are thrown by, 



And all man's best feelings possess him, 



The glow of the heart gives joy to the eye, 



Here's a health to the King — God bless him ! 



