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at the recent annual dinner of the Royal College of Phy- 
sicians, where instead of such songs as c The Glasses Sparkle 
on the Board/ or ‘ Willie brewed a peck o’ maut,’ we heard 
the following ditty, which was received with much applause. 
The vocalist had adopted the air and measure of Moore’s 
well known Irish melody, f Love’s Young Dream,’ but ma- 
naged to infuse into the music such a degree of lugubrious- 
ness, that at each repetition of the refrain , we experienced a 
sort of hydropathic chill, which, however, it is but justice to 
the song to say, was followed by a healthy reaction. As we 
are decidedly interested in the progress of Sanitary and 
Temperance Reform, we give the words, which we were en- 
abled to note down with tolerable correctness : 
Air. — ‘Love’s Young Bream, .’ 
Oh ! the days are gone when claret bright 
Inspired my strain, 
When I sang on every festive night 
About champagne. 
Prime “ Thirty-four ” 
In floods may pour, 
And glasses gaily clatter. 
But there’s nothing half so safe to drink 
As plain cold water. 
Though the bard may make a greater noise 
Over his wine, 
When with other Bacchanalian boys 
He chances to dine ; 
Yet if he wake 
With a headache, 
And wonder what’s the matter. 
He learns there’s nought so safe to drink 
As plain cold water. 
There’s Dr. Hassall,* he proclaims 
That water’s full 
Of curious brutes, with curious names, 
In every pool. 
Now you will see 
That this must be 
A most important matter, 
For it’s clear there’s meat, as well as drink, 
In plain cold water. 
Professor Clark of Aberdeen! 
Says chalk is there. 
And Monsieur Chatin, iodinej 
Finds every where. 
* c On the Water supplied to the Metropolis,’ by Dr. Hill Hassall. 
f Patent process for removing the carbonate of lime from water for 
domestic use, by Thomas Clark, M.D., Professor of Chemistry, Marischal 
College, Aberdeen. 
% ‘Journal de Pharmacie,’ tomes xvii, xviii. 
