THE GATHERER


A snapper up of unconsidered trifles.
SHAKSPEARE.

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A German having been shown Mount Edgcumbe, and magnificently entertained
with sea-fish, exclaimed--"For my part, I like flat countries, and
fresh-water fish."

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POETICAL SCRAP.

_Inscription over a chimney-sweeper's door, at the entrance to Hastings,
from the London Road_:--

W. Freelove liveth here,
Is willing to serve both far and near:
He'll sweep your chimneys cheap and clean,
And hopes your custom to obtain;
And, if your chimney should catch fire,
He'll put it out at your desire.

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The following article appeared, some years since, in a Valenciennes
journal:--Six merchants crossing the Coast of Guinea, with seventy-five