So the queen, Mary, rising majestically from her throne, with
imperial, yet gentle look, exclaimed in a sweet voice--"Scratch Poll's
head."

There was a goodly array of gay knights following the king to the
hunt--the rats being numerous they afforded good sport.

These specimens of Spanish satire came out in the form of
cross-readings, a few months after the death of Cervantes; they were
affirmed to be by that illustrious author; how truly so I know not.
R.N.

_Cannon Clock_.--In the gardens of the Palais Royal and the
Luxembourg, at Paris, is a specimen of this contrivance invented by
one Rousseau. A burning-glass is fixed over the vent of a cannon, so
that the sun's rays, at the moment of its passing the meridian, are
concentrated by the glass, on the priming, and the piece is fired. The
burning-glass is regulated, for this purpose, every month.

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