MR. BRIGGS GOES OUT FOR A DAY'S HUNTING, AND HAS A GLORIOUS RUN OVER A SPLENDID COUNTRY.] [Illustration: _INGENIOUS IDEA._ ELEGANT MATERIAL FOR TROWSERS--ONLY TAKES TWO MEN TO SHOW THE PATTERN.] [Illustration: _NO DOUBT._ "NOW I DARE SAY, BILL, THAT AIR BEAST OF A DOG IS A GOOD DEAL MORE PETTED THAN YOU OR I SHOULD BE."] [Illustration: _EXCESSIVELY POLITE._ _Well-bred Man._ "YOUR HORSE SEEMS A LITTLE IMPATIENT, SIR! PRAY GO FIRST!"] [Illustration: _THE CONSCIENTIOUS STABLE-KEEPER._ _Gent (who meditates a ride)._ "HALLO! WHY, CONFOUND IT. THAT'S MY SADDLE HORSE, ISN'T IT?" _Fly-Man._ "YES, SIR! IT'S ALL RIGHT; MASTER SAYS YOU'RE WERRY PARTICULAR ABOUT 'AVIN OF 'IM EXERCISED REGULAR--SO WE PUTS 'IM INTO THE BROOM WHEN YOU AIN'T OUT A RIDIN'!"] MR. BRIGGS'S PLEASURES OF HUNTING. [Illustration: No. V. MR. BRIGGS PUTS HIS HORSE IN HARNESS, AND DRIVES A FEW FRIENDS QUIETLY DOWN TO THE DERBY.] [Illustration: _DIFFERENT OPINIONS._ _Housebreaker._ "WOT A SHAME FOR PEOPLE TO GO LEAVING COAL-SCUTTLES ABOUT FOR PEOPLE TO GO STUMBLING OVER!"] [Illustration: _SCENE--WESTMINSTER BRIDGE.--TIME, TWO ON A FOGGY MORNING._ _Reduced Tradesman (to a little party returning home)._ "DID YOU WANT TO BUY A GOOD RAZOR?"] [Illustration: _FOREIGNER OF DISTINCTION GOING TO ENJOY "LE SPORT."_] [Illustration: _THE NEW HUNTER._ "WELL, CHARLEY! HOW DO YOU LIKE YOUR NEW PONY?" "OH! PRETTY WELL, THANK YOU, UNCLE; ONLY I'M AFRAID HE'S HARDLY UP TO MY WEIGHT, AND HE RUSHES SO AT HIS FENCES."] [Illustration: _AFTER THE PANTOMIME._ _Mary._ "OH! HOW I SHOULD LIKE TO BE A BEAUTIFUL COLUMBINE, AND RIDE ABOUT IN A GOLD CAR DRAWN BY WHITE DOVES!" _Augustus._ "AND HOW I SHOULD LIKE TO BE A HARLEQUIN, AND CHANGE WHOLE STREETS INTO REALMS OF DAZZLING DELIGHT!" _Tom (a rude Boy)._ "AND HOW I SHOULD LIKE TO BE THE OLD CLOWN, AND MAKE BUTTER SLIDES ON THE PAVEMENT TO UPSET OLD LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!"] [Illustration: _TOO CIVIL BY HALF!_ _English Cook._ "OH, DEAR! HERE, JAMES, COME, AND TAKE THIS ROAST BEEF AND PLUM-PUDDING OUT OF THE WINDOW. IT HURTS THE FEELINGS OF THE FOREIGN GENTS AS THEY WALK BY!"] MR. BRIGGS'S PLEASURES OF HUNTING. [Illustration: No. VI. ON HIS RETURN FROM THE RACES, HE ASSURES HIS MAN THAT HE'S A MOST "EKSHELLENT SERVANT"--THAT THE MARE NEVER CARRIED HIM BETTER. HE ALSO TELLS HIM TO MAKE THE MARE QUITE "COMF-ABLE," AND TO BE "VERY CAREF-L OF HISH CANDLE," BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH STRAW ABOUT!] [Illustration: _THAMES FISHING._ _Fisherman (to Old Gentleman)._ "THEY'RE A' BITIN' AWAY OVER 'ERE, SIR! JUST STEP ACROSS THAT THERE BIT O' WOOD, SIR, AND YOU'LL HAVE A CAPITAL PITCH, SIR!" _Old Gentleman._ "ACROSS THAT BIT OF WOOD! DOES THE MAN THINK I'M A ROPE-DANCER?"] [Illustration: _GOING TO COVER._ _Voice in the distance._ "NOW, THEN, SMITH--COME ALONG!" _Smith._ "OH, IT'S ALL VERY WELL TO SAY, COME ALONG! WHEN HE WON'T MOVE A STEP; AND I'M AFRAID HE'S GOING TO LIE DOWN."] [Illustration: _A SON AND HEIR._