"Young GRANDOLPH[1] has kep' a look-out Brave boys! Wich it weren't of no awa-a-a-il. Brum JOEY[1], no doubt, Is a-cruisin' about, But _they_ mustn't catch that Whale, Brave boys! No, _they_ mustn't catch that Whale." There was only me and SOLLY, Brave boys! In that boat, with never a sa-a-a-il; And, it may seem folly, But we both was jolly, For we meant for to catch that Whale, Brave boys! _We_ meant for to _catch_ that Whale! No harpoon, or such tackle _we_ took. Brave boys! For we knowed they was no ava-a-a-il. No, we went for to look For that Whale--_with a hook_. _That's_ how we went for that Whale, Brave boys! That's how _we_ went for that Whale! We knowed that a sprat was _the_ bait, Brave boys! What was never knowed for to fa-a-a-il. So the sprat _I_ throwed, Whilst SOLLY, _he_ rowed, That's how we angled for that Whale, Brave boys! That's how we angled for that Whale! He lashed, and he dashed, and he splashed, Brave boys! And he _spouted_ on a werry big sca-a-a-le. But the skipper, he still held on, And that sprat what I have telled on, I dangled,--for to catch that Whale, Brave boys! I dangled,--for to catch that Whale! "Strike! turn yer winch, pull in yer line! Brave boys! (Sings out SOLLY) and yer prize you'll na-a-a-il!" Then a rummy thing did 'appen Wich amazed me and the Cap'en; _I_ struck,--but so did that Whale, Brave boys! I _struck_--but so did that Whale! We found he was the better at a _Strike_, Brave boys! Fhwisk! He hit us _such_ a wallop with his ta-a-a-il. With my hook, sprat, tackle too He just vanished from our view. So--_we haven't yet caught that Whale_, Brave boys! No,--_we haven't yet caught that Whale!_ [Footnote 1: Supposed to be rival whaling captains.] * * * * * SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.--The name of the "unknown steamer laden with gums and ivory," reported as having passed down the Congo last week, has been discovered to be _The Dentist_. * * * * * [Illustration: "A SPRAT TO CATCH A WHALE!"] * * * * * [Illustration: MOST EXTRAORDINARY. _Dismounted Sportsman_. "NOW, HOW THE DEUCE DID MY HAT MANAGE TO GET UP THERE?"] * * * * * THE LATEST IN TELEGRAMS. (_SEE DAILY PAPERS PASSIM._) [ALL FROM THE RAZZLE-DAZZLE AGENCY.] HUKIEWAUKIE, _February 28_.