The "Slop Pail" being occupied by "Slop" keeping his _tri-colored_, cockade in it, with the hope of bleaching it _white_, has become more and more offensive daily, and will be kicked down. The {110}GREAT BOOTS having been _out of order_, were _welted_, and afterwards new _vamped, and polished._ Dr. Southey, _the Varnisher_, has them in hand at present, and is '_doing them up_' as fast as possible. Ladies and Gentlemen, I thank you for your company. Opposite to you is a description of The Monster that my people are now _hunting_ on the Continent. When _destroyed_, its skin will be stuffed and preserved among the other Antiquities and Curiosities in the _European Museum_. Ladies and Gentlemen, I wish you _a good day.-- Keep_ to the right. Walk steadily forward. The _Animals_ may make an _uproar_, but don't be alarmed; I'll see you safe out. Remember they are _under my control_, and cannot take a step beyond the reach of MY EYE [Illustration: 118] {111} THE BOA DESOLATOR, OR LEGITIMATE VAMPIRE. It overlays the continent like an ugly Incubus, sucking the blood and stopping up the breath of man's life. It claims Mankind as its property, and allows human nature to exist only upon sufferance; it haunts the understanding like a frightful spectre, and oppresses the very air witha weight that is not to be borne. Hazlitt's Political Essays and Characters, p. 21. This hideous Beast, not having at any time put forth all his _members_, cannot be accurately described. Every _dark_ Century has added to his frightful bulk. More disgusting than the filthiest reptile, his strength exceeds all other _brute force_. His enormous, bloated, toad-like body is _ferruginous: * the under surface appears of _polished steel_. His cavern-like mouth is always open to devour; his teeth are as _swords_, and his jaw-teeth as knives'--as millions of _bristling bayonets_ intermingled with _black fangs_ containing mortal venom. His roar is a voice from the sepulchre. He is marked 'in form of a cross_, ** with a series of _chains_, intersected by the triangle, *** and glittering colours, variegated with _red_.