viii CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER VII. 



PAGE 



AFTER THE HORSE — THOUGHTS BY THE WAY — ON PRO- 

 VERBS — ON LANGUAGES— A RIDDLE — THOUGHTS ON 

 ART 52 



CHAPTER VIII. 



AT clumber's — INTERVIEWING THE COB — SQUINTING 



GROOM — POINTS— UNDECIDED 59 



CHAPTER IX. 



NEW NOTION — PROFESSIONAL OPINION — TROTl' — TROTT'S 

 GIG — A VISIT— THE HATCH — 'Jj-HE FARM— THE OLD COW 

 — THE NEW TUNE— TROTT AND HIS ASSISTANT . . 67 



CPIAPTER X. 



CONFIDENTIAL — TROTT'S IDEA — MIND AND BODY— COWS 

 AND CHICKENS — A SMILE — A NEW DEGREE — SHORT- 

 NECKED — TROTT'S OPINIONS— ARRIVAL . . • • 75 



CHAPTER XI. 



CHEZ CLUMBER — DEAFNESS — BUSINESS — TITLE — PRICE — 

 FAILURE— SQUINTING TOM— SPOKER— MY TRIAL — OVER 

 — RESOLUTION 8 1 



CHAPTER XII. 



VISITORS — THE UNKNOWN — HIS NOSE — PULLINGER— PRO- 

 VERBIAL PHILOSOPHY — NO ROOM — LEFT SITTING . . 90 



