_He._ "THE FACT IS, I NEVER GET ANY WILD FOWL SHOOTING--NEVER!"

_She._ "OH, THEN YOU OUGHT TO COME DOWN TO OUR NEIGHBOURHOOD IN THE WINTER.
IT WOULD JUST SUIT YOU, THERE ARE SUCH A LOT OF GEESE ABOUT--A--A--I MEAN
_WILD_ GEESE, OF COURSE!"]

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THE "EGYPTIAN PET."

["We desire that Egypt should he strong enough of herself to repel all
external attack, and to put down all internal disturbance."--_Lord
Salisbury at the Guildhall._]

_Professor of the Noble Art of Self-Defence (the "Pet's" Trainer),
loquitur_:--

Change in _my_ attitude? Nay, not a bit of it!
Like JOAN'S true DARBY I'm "always the same."
Parties may flout, but I can't see the wit of it;
Surely they ought to be fly to my game.
Such "disquisitions" are strangely unfortunate,
Pain us extremely, delighting our foes;
Worry one too, like a busy, importunate
Fly on one's nose.

Don't know the play of our pugilist system, "Pet,"
Parties abroad who give heed to such chat.
Rival lot out of it; nobody's missed 'em, "Pet,"