LXII.--JOSH TALKS 198 LXIII.--GIMBLETS 203 LXIV.--MORE CORRESPONDENTS 205 LXV.--SOME NATRAL HISTORY 210 LXVI.--SLIVVERS OF THOUGHT 216 LXVII.--THE BUZZERS 219 LXVIII.--MONOGRAFFS 223 LXIX.--PHILOSOPHEE ON THE HALF-SHELL 227 LXX.--JOSH EPISTOLATES 229 LXXI.--ALMINAK FOR 1869 234 LXXII.--SUM NATRAL HISTRY 239 LXXIII.--MONOGRAFFS 242 LXXIV.--JOSH DOES UP HIS CORRESPONDENTS 247 LXXV.--CUPID ON A RAISE 251 LXXVI.--JOSH COMMENCES WITH HIS FRIEND 255 LXXVII.--JAW BONES 259 LXXVIII.--MORE PHILOSOPHY 260 I. JOSH ON ICE. Having herd mutch sed about skating parks, and the grate amount ov helth and muscle they woz imparting tew the present generashun at a slite advanse from fust cost, i bought a ticket and went within the fense. I found the ice in a slippery condishun, covering about 5 akers ov artyfishall water, which waz owned bi a stock company, and froze tew order. Upon one side ov the pond waz erekted little grosery buildings, where the wimmin sot on benches while the fellers (kivvered with blushes) hitched the magick iron tew their feet. It waz a most exsiting scene: the sun waz in the skey--and the wind waz in the air--and the birds were in the South--and the snow waz on the ground--and the ice lay shivering with a bad kold--and angells (ov both genders) flucktuated past me pro and con, 2 and fro, here a littl and thare a good deal. It waz a most exsiting scene; I wanted tew holler "Bully" or lay down and rool over. But i kept in, and aked with glory. Helth waz piktured on menny a nobell brow. Az the femail angells put out ov the pond, side by side with the male angells, it waz the most powerfull scene i ever stood behind. The long red tape from their necks swum in the breeze, and the feathers in their jockeys fluttered in the breeze, and other things (tew muteh to menshun) fluttered in the breeze. I don't think i ever waz more crazy before in mi life--on ice. For 2 long hours i stood and gazed with dum exsitement. I felt like a kanall hoss turned suddinly out to grass. I didn't kno how tew proceed.