when the king dropped his umbrella. Mr. B. instantly stooped down
and picked it up. The king said in a very sweet tone, "Thank you."

10. The Cam is the river Jordan. An unthinking mind may consider
this a startling announcement. Let such an one pray for grace to
read the mystery aright.

11. When I've lost a button off my trousers I go to the tailors'
and get a new one sewn on.

12. Faith and Works were walking one day on the road to Zion, when
Works turned into a public-house, and said he would not go any
further, at the same time telling Faith to go on by himself, and
saying that "he should be only a drag upon him." Faith accordingly
left Works in the ale-house, and went on. He had not gone far
before he began to feel faint, and thought he had better turn back
and wait for Works. He suited the action to the word, and finding
Works in an advanced state of beer, fell to, and even surpassed that
worthy in his potations. They then set to work and fought lustily,
and would have done each other a mortal injury had not a Policeman
providentially arrived, and walked them off to the station-house.
As it was they were fined Five Shillings each, and it was a long
time before they fully recovered.

13. What can 10 fools do among 300 sinners? They can do much harm,
and had far better let the sinners seek peace their own way in the
wilderness than ram it down their throats during the night.

14. Barnwell is a place near Cambridge. It is one of the descents
into the infernal regions; nay, the infernal regions have there