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captain of a West Indiaman wished to buy a horse. After the purchase was made, the captain said, 'Well now the horse is mine, pray tell me candidly whether he has any faults, and what are they?' 'What do you mean to do with him?' said the other.' Why, to take him to sea,' answered the captain. 'Then I will be candid,' replied the dealer: he may go very well at sea, but on land he cannot go at all, or I would not have sold him.'

A Cockney sportsman being out one day amusing himself with shooting, happened to fire through a hedge, on the other side of which was a man, standing or leaning, no matter which. The shot passed through the man's hat, but missed the bird. 'Did you fire at me sir?' he hastily asked. O, no, sir,' said the shrewd sportsman, 'I never hit what I fire at.'

the visit of his Majesty George IV. in Scotland, on the first levee-day at Holyrood-house, the king was dressed in full Highland