326 " OH NO ! WE NEVER MENTION 



buff kerseymere would sicken him ; a narrow stripe 

 would annihilate him at once : no, no : his is a waist- 

 coat Wellington-blue satin, checked with amber and 

 crimson stripe. This looks warm and comfortable, 

 consequently fit for a hunting waistcoat ! " Very like 

 a whale ! " 



Now his unmentionables. Why things should be 

 unmentionable that modesty causes us to wear, I know 

 not : they say ladies introduced the term qucere, 

 what do they consider the mentionables ? I must learn 

 this. However, he wears the unmentionables so 

 may ever those be who manufactured them unless 

 positive orders were given for tourniquets for the 

 nether parts. But the artist knowing good stiff cor- 

 duroy is not famous for its yielding properties, has very 

 wisely left them quite easy at the knees, thus giving 

 his customer's very much the resemblance of those of 

 an ostrich, who is, I conceive, not celebrated for sym- 

 metry in his legs and knees : but to remedy this, a 

 full allowance of ribbon is permitted to tighten the 

 knee-band, leaving still sufficient to hang to the bot- 

 tom of the boot-top. 



Now as to tops. " Hie-ho Chevy " certainly would 

 have sported the moveable sort ; but as he never 

 means to soil them, it is no matter. Where or how 

 he got the boots altogether Heaven knows ! there are 

 not half-a-dozen men in London who can turn out a 

 top-boot. He certainly did not get them of any of these ; 

 and as I trust there is but one who could make such a 

 pair as his, I admire his indefatigability in ferretting 

 him out. It is true the tops are as white as putty- 

 powder and pipeclay can make them ; and as the 

 lower parts were blacked and polished off the leg, and 

 had the finishing touch on, the polish is really good : 



