CHAPTER XVII. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Hamlet. — A man may fish with the worm that hath eat of a king; 



and eat of the fish that hath fed of that worm. 

 King. — What do'st thou mean by this? 



Hamlet. — Nothing but to. show yon how a king may go a progress 

 * through the guts of a. beggar. — Shakspere. 



DlD you ever watch amadavats going to bed? It is a 

 provoking sight because they take such a long time tuck- 

 ing themselves in. Yes they tuck themselves in, it is a 

 fact; and they do it in a very provoking way, provoking 

 to their neighbours as well as to spectators. They all 

 perch huddled together in a row, and seem to be arrang- 

 ing it comfortably enough for all parties when just as 



"Tired nature's sweet restorer 'balmy sleep' 

 " * * * his ready visit-pays, 

 "Where fortune smiles," 



the unfortunate amadavat at the outside awakes to a 

 sense of his weather side, which is exposed, being colder 

 than his le\ side, which is against his neighbour's ribs, 

 and suddenly jumping up runs along the backs of his 

 sleeping neighbours, and wriggles himself in, in the 

 middle. This half wakes and annoys every one, and they 

 all look cross about, but shortly get over r it, and are just 

 comfortably off to sleep again, when amadavat No. 2 at each 

 end discovers that the absence of an outside neighbour, 



