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 Buck remained at his post, and refused to come out, desiring that they would right the vessel with him in it; for that 'one good turn deserved another'. This repartee was admired for a week.

The following old-fashioned song, and which was very popular fifty years ago, may bring back pleasant recollections to those of my countrymen who remember the Hambledon Club in the year 1778:

, all ye Muses, and join to rehearse An old English sport, never praised yet in verse; 'Tis Cricket I sing, of illustrious fame, No nation e'er boasted so noble a game. Derry down, &c.

Great Pindar has bragg'd of his heroes of old Some were swift in the race, some in battles were bold; The brows of the victor with olives were crown'd: Hark! they shout, and Olympia returns the glad sound! Derry down, &c.

What boasting of Castor and Pollux his brother The one famed for riding, for boxing the other; Compared with our heroes, they'll not shine at all What were Castor and Pollux to Nyren and Small? Derry down, &c.