_Mrs. T. (to T.)_ "FEEL A LITTLE MORE COMFORTABLE, DEAR? CAN I GET ANYTHING ELSE FOR YOU? WOULD YOU LIKE YOUR CIGAR-CASE NOW? (_Aside._) I'LL TEACH HIM TO GO OUT TO GREENWICH AND RICHMOND WITHOUT ME, AND SIT UP HALF THE NIGHT AT HIS CLUB!"] [Illustration: _POSING A CUSTOMER._ _Immense Swell._ "HAW! LOOK HEAW! IF I--HAW--TOOK A QUANTITY OF THESE THINGS, WOULD THEY--HAW--BE CHEAPAW?" _Hosier._ "WELL, SIR, THAT WOULD DEPEND! PRAY ARE YOU IN THE TRADE?" (_Feelings of Swell may be imagined._)] MR. BRIGG'S ADVENTURE IN THE HIGHLANDS [Illustration: No. IV. TO-DAY HE GOES OUT FOR A STALK, AND DONALD SHOWS MR. BRIGGS THE WAY.] [Illustration: No. V. WITH EXTRAORDINARY PERSEVERANCE THEY COME WITHIN SHOT OF "THE FINEST HART." MR. B. IS OUT OF BREATH, AFRAID OF SLIPPING, AND WANTS TO BLOW HIS NOSE (QUITE OUT OF THE QUESTION). OTHERWISE HE IS TOLERABLY COMFORTABLE.] [Illustration: _PLEASURES OF VEGETARIANISM._ "OH, GRACIOUS, MISS LEGUME! I FEAR I HAVE TASTED ANIMAL FOOD. I HAVE EATEN A WHOLE EARWIG IN MY SALAD!"] [Illustration: _A LESSON IN FRENCH._ "NOW THEN, JACK! YOU TAKE THE PRONUNCIATION FROM ME, AND WHEN HE COMES, SING OUT 'VEEV LUMPHOOROAR!'"] [Illustration: _DRIED UP!_ _Boy (attending)._ "NO, SIR! NOR THERE AIN'T BIN NONE NOT FOR EVER SO LONG!" _Owing to the exceedingly dry weather, Mr. Hackle finds that the stream he has taken for fishing is not in so good a state as he could wish._] MR. BRIGGS'S ADVENTURES IN THE HIGHLANDS. [Illustration: No. VI. AFTER AIMING FOR A QUARTER OF AN HOUR, MR. B. FIRES BOTH HIS BARRELS--AND--MISSES!!!! TABLEAU--THE FORESTER'S ANGUISH.] [Illustration: No. VII. THE ROYAL HART MR. BRIGGS DID _NOT_ HIT.] [Illustration: _AN INCIDENT OF TRAVEL._ _Railway Guard (as it is getting dark)._ "WOULD YOU LIKE A LIGHT IN THIS CARRIAGE, SIR?" _Swell (showing a Regalia in full blaze)._ "NO, THANKS! I HAVE ONE!" (_Exit Guard overpowered._)] [Illustration: _DEBATE ON THE NEW MINISTRY._ _Smike._ "I SAY, BILL, HOW ABOUT THE DERBY THIS YEAR?" _Bill._ "OH, NOTHIN' BUT A OAX! NOTHIN' BUT A OAX! BARRIN' THE PUN!"] [Illustration: _THE SENSATION BALL._ THE LATEST PLEASANTRY IN THE PUBLIC STREETS.] [Illustration: _THE HAYMARKET AND THEREABOUT._] MR. BRIGGS'S ADVENTURES IN THE HIGHLANDS. [Illustration: No. VIII. AFTER A GOOD DEAL OF CLIMBING, OUR FRIEND GETS TO THE TOP OF BEN SOMETHING-OR-OTHER, AND THE FORESTER LOOKS OUT TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY DEER ON THE HILLS. YES! SEVERAL HINDS, AND PERHAPS THE FINEST HART THAT EVER WAS SEEN.] [Illustration: No. IX. TO GET AT HIM, THEY ARE OBLIGED TO GO A LONG WAY ROUND, BEFORE THEY GET DOWN, THE SHOWER PECULIAR TO THE COUNTRY OVERTAKES THEM, SO THEY "SHELTER A-WEE."] [Illustration: _THE HUMOUR OF THE STREETS._ THAT ESTIMABLE MAN, MR. PUNCH, GOES FOR A RIDE ON HIS COB, AND CANNOT AGREE WITH A CERTAIN WORTHY MAGISTRATE OR "BEAK" THAT STREET-TUMBLING IS AT ALL A CLEVER OR DESIRABLE PERFORMANCE:--]