I now thought our troubles would soon be over; mine were very nearly so in one sense at least; for after Mrs. Coxe, and Jemimarann, and Tug, and the maid, and valet, and valuables had been handed across, it came to my turn. I had often heard of people being taken up by a _plank_, but seldom of their being set down by one. Just as I was going over, the vessel rode off a little, the board slipped, and down I soused into the water. You might have heard Mrs. Coxe's shriek as far as Gravesend; it rung in my ears as I went down, all grieved at the thought of leaving her a disconsolate widder. Well, up I came again, and caught the brim of my beaver hat—though I have heard that drowning men catch at straws:—I floated, and hoped to escape by hook or by crook; and, luckily, just then I felt myself suddenly jerked by the waist-band of my whites, and found myself hauled up in air at the end of a boat-hook, to the sound of "yeho! yeho! yehoi! yehoi!" and so I was dragged aboard. I was put to bed, and had swallowed so much water that it took a very considerable quantity of brandy to bring it to a proper mixture in my inside; in fact, for some hours I was in a very deplorable state. [Illustration: OCTOBER—Notice to quit. ] [Illustration] MEDICAL STUDENTS. 1. Medical Schools open. DOCTORS' COMMONS. [Sidenote: This month, tho' not muggy, Improves by the mug; And people caught _ale_-ing, Repair to brown jug.] [Illustration: _Jack and gill._ ] [Illustration: _Brougham Butterfly._ ] Throw Physic to the dogs! A pipe-cheroot— Pilot—and life-preserver—_voilà tout_! A little lecture now and then to boot— A school or hospital to bustle thro'— A few hard terms—on easy terms—to keep, Then brown stout—bagatelle—half-slew'd and sleep: The Hall's _not_ passed! but very oft _passed by_; _Hospital_ visits Students fain _ward_ off; With _patients_ they're _impatient_—and the eye Glances from book to beer—anon they scoff At subjects—Somervile—and sick-inspection, Cut up the section—and abjure dissection! A blessed School of Physic—half-and-half! The Lushington of each young Doctors' Commons; Medical Students—sons of gin and chaff— Going to pot—for heavy—"reg'lar rum 'uns"— Porter or spirits sitting down to swill, And every smoking _Jack_ bless'd with his _gill_. 22. Lord Brougham reported dead. "_The Brougham or Meadow Brown Butterfly, is seen in October, flies low, and wanders about all parts of England and Scotland. Between its wings it carries a remarkable profile of Lord Brougham. The Caterpillar is chequered in green and black squares, resembling those on plaid trousers._"—Juvenile Natural History. [Illustration: _Heartless Hoax._ ]