_Governor's report_ (_resumed_).--"In the not too sanguine hope that my prisoners will one day grasp the meaning of the term 'Sportsmanship,' I have given my consent to the holding of a cricket-match at an early date. I am reliably informed that in HINDENBURG the Austro-German XI. has a remarkable bowler of the googly order. On some of the Riga grounds, when two feet in mud, he was quite unplayable. FERDINAND, who will captain the other side, is very fast for several overs, though his action is not above suspicion. Great efforts are being made to get FRANCIS-JOSEPH to keep wicket. I trust to include an account of the match in a subsequent report." * * * * * There was an old Tsar of Bulgaria Who climbed like a climbing wistaria; He spread and he spread Till he had to be bled With a view to reducing his area. * * * * * THE "FORTRESS" OF LONDON. (AS PICTURED BY TEUTON IMAGINATION.) [Illustration] [Illustration: THE CHURCH MILITANT.] [Illustration: LETTING OFF A SAMUEL JOHNSON.] [Illustration: A DOG'S-HOME GUN-TEAM.] [Illustration: THE ROYAL ZOOLOGICAL ARTILLERY.] * * * * * THE "FORTRESS" OF LONDON. (AS PICTURED BY TEUTON IMAGINATION.) [Illustration: A CITY TEA SHOP BEFORE THE ALARM.] [Illustration: THE SAME AFTER THE ALARM.] * * * * * [Illustration: THE MUSIC-HALL MANAGER'S DREAM.] * * * * * [Illustration: "WHEN THE BOYS COME HOME." PEACE DAYS IN PICCADILLY.] * * * * * [Illustration: _Excited Tommy_ (_as the gun gets into position_). "'ERE, BACK 'ER DOWN A BIT. SHE'S ON MY FAG!"] * * * * * [Illustration: THE FALSE INCOME-TAX RETURN--] * * * * * [Illustration: --AND ITS RECTIFICATION.] * * * * * [Illustration] End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 152, June 27, 1917, by Various