ALTHOUGH POLICEMEN ARE PLACED AT PARTICULAR SPOTS FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAKING OMNIBUSES "MOVE ON," THEY ARE GENERALLY SEEN CHATTING, OR CRACKING THE FRIENDLY WALNUT WITH THE CONDUCTORS, TO THE INCONVENIENCE AND INDIGNATION OF THE PASSENGERS. HOW IS THIS?] MR. BRIGGS'S PLEASURES OF HORSEKEEPING. [Illustration: NO. X. _BY THE TIME MR. BRIGGS'S HORSE HAS RECOVERED FROM HIS COLD, A LONG FROST SETS IN._ _Groom._ "THAT'S JUST WHAT I SAY, SIR; IT IS AGGERAVATIN' TO SEE A NICE OSS LIKE THAT, SIR, A DOIN' NOTHIN' BUT EATIN' HIS 'ED OFF."] [Illustration: _A GREAT BARGAIN._ TO BE SOLD--THE PROPERTY OF AN OFFICER GOING ABROAD.] [Illustration: _THE HAT-MOVING EXPERIMENT._ IT IS NECESSARY TO GET A HAT. TWO OR MORE PERSONS PLACE THEIR HANDS ON THE RIM THEREOF, THE LITTLE FINGERS OF EACH PERSON BEING IN CONTACT. IN ABOUT TWENTY MINUTES, OR HALF-AN-HOUR, OR PERHAPS MORE, THE HAT WILL BEGIN TO JUMP AND REVOLVE RAPIDLY. (_N.B. The Party above with the Moustaches, thinks that in the pursuit of Science he could perform the experiment over and over again._)] [Illustration: _SHAKSPEARE A LITTLE ALTERED._ "HE LIVED NOT WISELY, BUT TOO WELL."] [Illustration: _USELESS INFORMATION._ "NOW, MARM, THIS GOES TO THE CHRISTIAL PALIS." "BLESS THE MAN! I DON'T WANT NO CHRISTIAL PALISES. I AM GOIN' TO THE BOROUGH."] THE BROOK-GREEN VOLUNTEER. [Illustration: NO. VIII. HAVING A COLD IN HIS HEAD, RESORTS TO AN INGENIOUS METHOD OF PRESERVING HIS HEALTH WITHOUT DESERTING HIS POST.] [Illustration: _THE DEAR DELIGHTS OF BRITAIN'S SUMMER FIELDS._ OVER THE STYLE.] [Illustration: _THE DEAR DELIGHTS OF BRITAIN'S SUMMER FIELDS._ HAYMAKING.] THE BROOK-GREEN VOLUNTEER. [Illustration: No. IX. _THE BIVOUAC._] [Illustration: No. X. _AT BUSINESS._ _Militia Man_ (_loq._). "ALEXANDER, WHEN YOU'VE TITTIVATED THAT GENT, YOU MUST COME TO DRILL."] [Illustration: _COMPARATIVE LOVE._ _Papa._ "SO, CHARLEY, YOU REALLY ARE IN LOVE WITH THE LITTLE BLACK-EYED GIRL YOU MET LAST NIGHT?" _Charley._ "YES, PAPA, I LOVE HER DEARLY!" _Papa._ "HOW MUCH DO YOU LOVE HER, CHARLEY? DO YOU LOVE HER AS MUCH AS PUDDING?" _Charley._ "OH YES, PAPA! AND A GREAT DEAL BETTER THAN PUDDING, BUT (_pausing to reflect_)--I DON'T LOVE--HER SO MUCH AS--JELLY!"] [Illustration: _PLEASURES OF THE STUDIO._ WHEN EVERY MOMENT IS OF CONSEQUENCE, MR. FLAKE WHITE'S MODEL FOR HAMLET APPEARS WITH A BLACK EYE, WHICH HE DECLARES IS THE EFFECT OF INFLUENZA.] THE BROOK-GREEN VOLUNTEER. [Illustration: NO. XI. HAVING CURED HIS COLD WITH RUM-AND-WATER, RESOLVES NOT TO GO HOME "TILL DAY-LIGHT DOES APPEAR." HE ASSURES THE POLICEMAN THAT "IT'S ALL RIGHT."] [Illustration: NO. XII. OWING TO THE MILDNESS OF THE SEASON, HE LOOKS UP HIS DUCKS.] [Illustration: _SO FOND OF IT._ "THERE NOW; THAT'S A CIGAR I CAN CONFIDENTLY RECOMMEND." "WELL; PUT ME UP A DOZEN TO TRY!"] [Illustration: _DIFFERENCE OF VIEW._