WIFE OF BRITISH WORKMAN (_spelling out placard under Hottentot Group_). "It is extremely probable that this interesting race will be completely exterminated at no very distant period." Pore things! BRITISH WORKMAN (_with philosophy_). Well, _I_ sha'n't go inter mournin' for 'em, Sairer! LAMBETH LARRIKIN (_in a pasteboard "pickelhaube," and a false nose, thoughtfully, to_ BATTERSEA BILL, _who is wearing an old grey chimney-pot hat, with the brim uppermost, and a tow wig, as they contemplate a party of Botocudo natives_). Rum the sights these 'ere savidges make o' theirselves, ain't it, Bill? BATT. BILL (_more thoughtfully_). Yer right--but I dessay if you and me 'ad been born among that lot, _we_ shouldn't care _'ow_ we looked! VAUXHALL VOILET (_who has exchanged headgear with_ CHELSEA CHORLEY--_with dismal results_). They _are_ cures, those blackies! Why, yer carn't 'ardly tell the men from the wimmin! I expect this lot'll be 'aving a beanfeast. See, they're plyin' their myusic. [Illustration: "RUM THE SIGHTS THESE 'ERE SAVIDGES MAKE O' THEIRSELVES."] CHELSEA CHORLEY. Good job we can't _'ear_ 'em. They say as niggers' music is somethink downright horful. Give us "Hi-tiddly-hi" on that mouth-orgin o' yours, will yer? [VAUXHALL VOILET _obliges on that instrument_; _every one in the neighbourhood begins to jig mechanically_; _exeunt party, dancing_. A PIMPLY YOUTH. "Hopium-eater from Java." That's the stuff they gits as stoopid as biled howls on--it's about time we went and did another beer. [_They retire for that purpose._ DURING THE FIREWORKS. CHORUS OF SPECTATORS. There's another lot o' bloomin' rockets gowin orf! Oo-oo, 'ynt that lur-uvly? What a lark if the sticks come down on somebody's 'ed! There, didyer see 'em bust? Puts me in mind of a shower o' foiry smuts. Lor, so they do--what a fancy you _do_ 'ave. &c., &c. COMING HOME. AN OLD GENTLEMAN (_who has come out with the object of observing Bank Holiday manners--which he has done from a respectful distance--to his friend, as they settle down in an empty first-class compartment_). There, now we shall just get comfortably off before the crush begins. Now, to _me_, y'know, this has been a most interesting and gratifying experience--wonderful spectacle, all that immense crowd, enjoying itself in its own way--boisterously, perhaps, but, on the whole, with marvellous decorum! Really, very exhilarating to see--but you don't agree with me? HIS FRIEND (_reluctantly_). Well, I must say it struck me as rather pathetic than---- THE O. G. (_testily_). Pathetic, Sir--nonsense! I like to see people putting their _heart_ into it, whether it's play or work. Give me a crowd---- [_As if in answer to this prayer, there is a sudden irruption of typical Bank Holiday-makers into the compartment._ MAN BY THE WINDOW. Third-class as good as fust, these days! Why, if there ain't ole Fred! Wayo, Fred, tumble in, ole son--room for one more standin'!