19. See Chapter XLIII. “You’ve been a prophesyin’ away very fine like a red-faced Nixon as the sixpenny books gives picters on.” The allusion is to Robert Nixon, the Cheshire prophet. See _Notes and Queries_, first series, vol. viii., pp. 257 and 326; and fourth series, vol. xi., pp. 171 and 265. Nixon’s prophecies have been frequently published in the form of chapbooks, and were probably current at the time with a highly-coloured portrait. 20. The first requisition may be complied with by reference to Chapter XLIII. The following is answered in Chapter X. 21. See Chapters XLV. and LII. 22. See Chapters L. and XLVII. 23. See Chapters XXXIII. and XLV. 24. The first two questions are answered in Chapters LII. and LV. The next is answered at the end of Chapter XXXIII.; where also is the information lastly required. 25. The illustration required is in Chapter LV. 26. See Chapters XXXVIII. and XXXIII. “_Fanteeg_, a worry or bustle. Also, ill-humour.—_Various Dialects_.”—HALLIWELL. “Prooshan blue” probably refers to the colour of dress-coats. “Which gentleman of your party wears a bright blue dress-coat?” enquires The Boots, in ‘Pickwick,’ Chapter II. Thus Sam Weller’s “Prooshan Blue” is a finely-dressed fellow of the Pickwick-Weller period. 27. See Chapter XXIV. 28. See the opening of Chapter XXII. 29. See Chapter II. 30. See Chapter XX.