HAVING HOOKED A "FISH," HE IS LANDED TO PLAY IT. THE FISH RUNS AWAY WITH HIM--AND MR. B. IS DRAGGED ABOUT A MILE AND A HALF OVER WHAT HE CONSIDERS A RATHER DIFFICULT COUNTRY.] [Illustration: _MODERATION._ _First Undergraduate._ "HOLLO, CHARLEY! AIN'T YOU GOING OUT TO-DAY?" _Second Undergraduate_ (_driving_). "WHY, NO--NOT THIS MORNING. YOU SEE I'M ONLY A ONE-HORSE MAN, AND AS I HAVE HUNTED HIM THREE TIMES THIS WEEK, I THOUGHT I'D GIVE HIM A DAY'S REST IN THE DOG-CART!"] [Illustration: _JONES TRIES HIS NEW HACK, WHICH IS AS QUIET AS A LAMB--JUST ABOUT!_] MR. BRIGGS'S PLEASURES OF FISHING. [Illustration: No. XII. ON ARRIVING AT "HELL'S HOLE," HE IS DETAINED FOR THREE-QUARTERS OF AN HOUR, WHILE THE FISH SULKS AT THE BOTTOM.----] [Illustration: No. XIII. THE FISH HAVING REFRESHED HIMSELF, AND RECOVERED HIS SPIRITS, BOLTS AGAIN WITH MR. B.] [Illustration: _NO CONSEQUENCE._ "I SAY, JACK! WHO'S THAT COME TO GRIEF IN THE DITCH?" "ONLY THE PARSON!" "OH, LEAVE HIM THERE, THEN! HE WON'T BE WANTED UNTIL NEXT SUNDAY!"] [Illustration: _THE REVIEW._ "NOW, MARM, HERE'S A PLACE TO STAND ON. YER MAY SEE EVERY THINK; AND ONLY SIXPENCE!"] MR. BRIGGS'S PLEASURES OF FISHING. [Illustration: No. XIV. AFTER A LONG AND EXCITING STRUGGLE, MR. B. IS ON THE POINT OF LANDING HIS PRIZE WHEN--THE LINE UNFORTUNATELY BREAKS!] [Illustration: No. XV. HOWEVER, IN MUCH LESS TIME THAN IT HAS TAKEN TO MAKE THIS IMPERFECT SKETCH--ACCOUTRED AS HE IS--HE PLUNGES IN--AND AFTER A DESPERATE ENCOUNTER, HE SECURES A MAGNIFICENT SALMON, FOR WHICH HE DECLARES HE WOULD NOT TAKE A GUINEA A POUND!--AND IT IS NOW STUFFED IN THE GLASS-CASE OVER THE ONE WHICH CONTAINS HIS LATE FAVOURITE SPOTTED HUNTER.] [Illustration: _AN APRIL FOOL._ _Equestrian._ "HERE, BOY! COME AND HOLD MY HORSE." _Boy._ "DOES HE KICK?" _Equestrian._ "KICK! NO!" _Boy._ "DOES HE BITE?" _Equestrian._ "BITE! NO! CATCH HOLD OF HIM." _Boy._ "DOES IT TAKE TWO TO HOLD HIM?" _Equestrian._ "NO." _Boy._ "THEN HOLD HIM YOURSELF." [_Exit_ BOY, _performing_ "_Pop goes the Weasel_." ] [Illustration: _THE SEA-SIDE CIRCULATING LIBRARY._ "ALL THE NEW WORKS ARE OUT, MISS. BUT HERE'S THE SECOND VOLUME OF THE 'SCOTTISH CHIEFS'--OR HERE'S 'CAMPBELL'S PHILOSOPHY OF RHETORIC,' IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO READ THAT."] [Illustration: _DREADFUL JOKE._ _William._ "THERE, AMY! WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THOSE FOR A PAIR OF MOUSTACHES?" _Amy._ "WHY, I SHOULD SAY THAT CALLING THOSE MOUSTACHES WAS GIVING TO 'HAIRY NOTHINGS A LOCAL HABITATION AND A NAME.'" [_For shame_, Amy! ] [Illustration: _GOOD NEWS! REAL SENTIMENT._ _The Lady Emmeline._ "NO, DEAREST CONSTANCE, I AM NOT UNHAPPY, THESE ARE TEARS OF JOY! FOR SEE HOW THE DEAR LORD AUBREY WRITES--(_Reads an advertisement_)--'_I have much pleasure in giving my testimony to the skill of Professor Puffenburg, who has extracted two very troublesome corns without causing me any pain._--_De Belgrave._' DEAR, DEAR AUBREY, THEN YOU ARE HAPPY!"]