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( 5 ) Ic. A French writer concludes an account of his hipwreck in theſe words:-having arrived at an unknown region. I travelled eleven hours without iſcovering the leaſt rare of any human being; ate laſt perceived, to my great joy a wretch ſuſpended on a gibbet! By the grace of heaven, I exclaimed, I am how in a civilized country!

II. As the late king of Pruſſia was one day reviewing his troops, he obſerved a ſoldier who had his 'ace nue diſfigured with ſcars he walked up to him, and aſked him at what publ houſe he ot thoſe ſcars? To which the ſoldier replied. Pleaſe vour Majeſty; it was at a place ear Mackſon (a town in Si ſia, hear which the king loſt a great battle) where your Majeſty paid the reckoning.

12. The well-known Mr Price kept a go-down, or ſhop at Calcute where be told a gun to an riſh- man, who ſon returned with it, complaining that the barrel was much bent. Is it? ſaid Price: Then, I ought to have changed the more for it.-Why ſo? ſaid the other. Becauſe theſe pieces are conſtructed for ſhooting round a corner.-If that is the caſe, ſays Paddy, then I muſt on retaining my purchaſe.

13. A Phyſician in Newcaſtle being ſummoned to give evidence againſt a grave-digger, for blunders he had committed through drunkenneſs, dwelt ſo much on the poor fellow's miſconduct as to raiſe his choler, and draw from him the following retort: Upon my ſoul, Sir, this is very ungenerous of you, to be ſo eager to lay open all my blunders, when have ſo often; ſo very often covered yours maſter doctor.

14. A Serjeant drilling a Volunteer ps, was peculiarly ſevere on a gentlemen, whom he did not fail to tax as amazingly ſtupid and awkward The