THE PUFF PISCATORIAL. 213 



WHY DON'T YOU GO TO THE SWAN INN, 

 FULHAM? 



(FERKY HOUSE, PUTNEY BRIDGE). 



Sunday dinner, half-past one, Is. tea, 9d. London 



articles at London prices civility gratis. 

 Boats, fishing, lovely walks. Omnibuses every ten 

 minutes from London to Putney Bridge. Home 

 easy, comfortable and happy, and cost less money. 

 You will then exclaim 



' Now is the winter of our discontent made glorious 

 summer.' 



EDWIN JOHN PAGE, Propriet&r." 



We shall certainly devote our first vacant Sun- 

 day afternoon to a trial visit to Mr. Page's estab- 

 lishment of many attractions, and, as this will pro- 

 bably not be before December, we shall at least 

 have an opportunity of testing the efficacy of 

 that portion of the carte which relates to a desir- 

 able modification in the programme of the clerk of 

 the weather. 



We have elsewhere referred to the " puff oblique," 

 which, if somewhat less open and flagrant than its 

 two congeners, is, as a system, proportionately more 

 reprehensible and disingenuous. The system we 

 allude to is that of fishing-tackle manufacturers pub- 



