There were several Whales about, Brave boys! Here and there a twitching a ta-a-a-il; And he thinks, thinks he, "I will catch all three, But pertikler that big black Whale, Brave boys! Most pertikler that big black Whale." Enraptured with his bit of a boat, Brave boys! He set forth to sea in a g-a-a-a-le; Which was altogether The wrong sort o'weather For a novice to capture a Whale, Brave boys! A mere nipper for to capture a Whale. I gives him the best of adwice, Brave boys! For I knowed he was bound for to fa-a-a-il; But he ups, and he offs, And he snubs me, and he scoffs At the notion of a-missing that Whale, Brave boys! The mere notion of _not_ catching that Whale. And he bobbles about on the waves, Brave boys! And his stout heart doth not qua-a-a-ail; He's a foolish little chuck, But he's got a lot o' pluck, Still, he will not catch that Whale, Brave boys! He ain't going for to catch that Whale. There was three whopping Whales in the offing, Brave boys! And them he did loudly h-a-a-ail; But to such a voice as his'n They worn't a-going to listen, Especially that big black Whale, Brave boys! Most especially that big black Whale. He crept up with his big harpoon, Brave boys! That monster to impa-a-a-ale, And stubbornly he kep' on A hurling of his weapon, Till he managed to hit that Whale, Brave boys! He managed to prick that Whale. Then he thought he'd done a mighty clever thing, Brave boys! But the Whale gave a fhwisk! with his ta-a-a-ail, And then vanished from his view, _With the harpoon wot he threw_, And WILL-I-AM nearly followed that Whale, Brave boys! Wos werry near to _following_ that Whale: Then WILL-I-AM the Whaler looked dumfoozled, Brave boys! And _I_ sings out--a being within ha-a-a-il-- "I told you, noble Cap'en, Exactly wot would happen!" So--he didn't catch that Whale, Brave boys! _No--he never caught that Whale!_ * * * * * "NAMES AND THEIR MEANING."--_À propos_ of some correspondence in the _Morning Post_ under the above heading, we would ask, Why not make the Second Chief Commissioner for the Behring Straits Difficulty, Mr. SEALE HAYNE, M.P., with Lord SAY AND SELE to speak on the subject, and then sign the official documents? * * * * * MRS. R. has heard much lately about the "Sandringham Stud" and the "St. Andrews Links," both of which, she understands, are very large. She can't make out how gentlemen prefer them to nice, neat little shirt-buttons! * * * * *