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number of fishes are observed to stand on the 

 bank of a stream^ on the tip of their tails^ 

 holding fishing-rods in their mouths^ with 

 which they are catching men^ who are rising at 

 the bait. This pictorial eccentricity is no bad 

 caricature of the frequent revolutionary strug- 

 gles by which politics and morals^ right and 

 wrong, are confounded and turned upside down. 



AlS we were returning, we saw a gaily- 

 caparisoned horse and cabriolet, driven by a 

 servant in fine livery. Presently the carriage 

 stopped, and out tripped a very pretty lady, 

 unveiled, and seated herself upon the low wall 

 by the side of the river. Here she was joined 

 by two gentlemen of her acquaintance, and as 

 I passed her, I perceived she was smoking a 

 cigar, a practice too common among ladies in 

 this part of the world, and almost as much in 

 fashion as flirting, which is universal. 



