There is an impression among circus men that much of the slang peculiar to themselves is derived from the languages of Italy and Spain, and the affirmative, _si_, has been cited to me as an instance; but I have never heard this word used by them, and its use has probably been observed only in the case of men or women who have recently been in Italy. The few words in common use among the class which can be traced to an Italian or Spanish origin may be counted on the fingers of one hand. _Bono_ (good) is used both as an adjective, and as an exclamation of approval or admiration. _Dona_ (lady) is so constantly used that I have seldom heard a circus man mention a woman by any other term. The other words referred to are used in monetary transactions, which are the constant subject of slang among all classes of the community. _Saulty_ (penny) may be derived from the Italian _soldi_, and _duey_ (twopence) and _tray saulty_ (threepence) are also of foreign origin, like the deuce and tray of card-players. _Dollar_ is in constant use as the equivalent of five shillings, and money generally is spoken of as _denarlies_, which may be a corruption of the Latin _denarii_. _Rot_ is a term of contempt, used in strong and emphatic contradistinction to _bono_; and of late years it has been adopted by other sections of the amusing classes, and by young men of the ‘fast’ sort, who seem to think the use of slang a commendable distinction. _Toe rags_ is another expression of contempt, less frequently used, and chiefly by the lower grades of circus men, and the acrobats who stroll about the country, performing at fairs and races, in the open air. These wanderers, and those who are still seen occasionally in the back streets of the metropolis, are said to ‘go a-pitching;’ the spot they select for their performance is their ‘pitch,’ and any interruption of their feats, such as an accident, or the interference of a policeman, is said to ‘queer the pitch,’—in other words, to spoil it. Going round the assemblage with a hat, to collect the largesses of the on-lookers, is ‘doing a nob,’ and to do this at the windows of a street, sometimes done by one performer standing on the shoulders of another, is ‘nobbing the glazes.’ The sum collected is the ‘nob.’