34 A lion--a hare. 35 Siciss--a pheasant. 36 Wing of a wool bird--Shoulder of lamb. ~140~~ To have remonstrated against this species of persecution would, I knew, only increase my difficulties; summoning, therefore, all the gaiety I was master of to my aid, I appeared to participate in the joke, like many a modern _roue_, laughing in unison without comprehending the essence of the whim, merely because it was the fashion. What a helpless race, old father Etona, are thine (thought I), when first they assume the Oxford man; spite of thy fostering care and classic skill, thy offspring are here little better than cawkers{37} or wild Indians. "Is there no glossary of university wit," said I, "to be purchased here, by which the fresh may be instructed in the art of conversation; no _Lexicon Balatronicum_ of college eloquence, by which the ignorant may be enlightened?" "Plenty, old fellow," said Echo: "old Grose is exploded; but, never fear, I will introduce you to the _Dictionnaire Universel_,{38} which may always be consulted, at our _old grandmammas_' in St. Clement's, or Eglantine can introduce you at Vincent's,{39} where better known as the poor curate of H----, crossed the channel. 37 Cawker--an Eton phrase for a stranger or novice. 38 Dictionnaire Universel--a standing toast in the common room at-----College. The origin of the toast is as follows: When Buonaparte was at Elba, Dr. E-, one of the wealthy senior Fellows of ---- College. Soon after his arrival at Paris, as he was walking through the streets of that city, he was accosted by an elegantly dressed Cyprian, to whom he made a profound bow, and told her (in English), that he was not sufficiently acquainted with the French language to comprehend what she had said to him, expressing his regret that he had not his French and English dictionary with him. Scarcely had he pronounced the word dictionary, when the lady, by a most astonishing display, which in England would have disgraced the lowest of the frail sisterhood, exclaimed, "Behold the Dictionnaire Universel, which has been opened by the learned of all nations."{39} Dr. E--, on his return from France, related this anecdote in the common room at ---------, and the Dictionnaire universel has ever since been a standing toast there. 39 A well known respectable bookseller near Brazennose, who has published a whimsical trifle under the title of "Oxford in Epitome" very serviceable to freshmen. You may purchase "Oxford in Epitome," with a Key accompaniment explaining the whole art and mystery of the _finished style_.