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THE SEA-SERPENT. 
will no one remove this notable basket ? I shall 
go ; but as yet I cannot tell where. If a spark¬ 
ling bay woos me, perchance I shall linger ; but 
give me good fishing, good food, and good air, 
and little care I where fashion’s gay finger may 
point ; for wherever I go or may be, I am still 
the king, the king of the sea ! 
u Among other notes, there is one, I observe, 
for Commencement at Cambridge ; a double L. 
D. they intend to give me, which they think I 
deserve for my knowledge of Ichthyology. I 
start this evening; but ere I go on this tour, which 
perhaps may be my last, I wish all my subjects 
here below to hurry and come to my rescue fast, 
if they chance to hear me give the growl I always 
give when I get into danger ; and then you must 
come with a rush and a howl, and bring with you 
every ocean ranger.” With this parting injunc¬ 
tion his Majesty started, while his courtiers 
looked grave when their monarch departed. 
Out on the sea, out on the sea, the Hope is 
dashing merrily now, with the harbour of Newport 
