102 A DAY UP THE RIVER. 



sale of dilske. It is a very curious phe- 

 nomenon in human nature, that the invari- 

 able effect of dealing in salt-water produc- 

 tions acidulates the temper and sharpens the 

 voice ; but so it is in all nations, and so it 

 was in the present instance. These ladies' 

 voices were unquestionably the loudest, the 

 angriest, and the most piercing in the street. 

 And a no less curious phenomenon it is, that 

 the horse, who is, as has been justly ob- 

 served of him, a very honest animal, should, 

 nevertheless, possess the peculiar property of 

 making rogues of all who have any thing to 

 do with him. And thus the slangish looks, 

 cunning eye, and knowing demeanour of the 

 men who were tethering long lines of stubby 

 ponies and rough-coated horses to the strong 

 ropes, picketed along the street, would lead 

 one to suppose that, in that particular at 

 least, there was no very material difference 

 between Belleek and Tattersall's. 



The Captain, who was a popular character, 

 had been lounging up and down the street 

 smoking his morning cigar, and cracking his 

 jokes with a race of people who are by no 

 means slow to appreciate a bit of fun, and to 

 return it in kind. It was, however, with an 



