tton Broth, which seems to be most nourishing.

_Cape Town._--In a fainting condition. Scarcely able to hold this pen.
Became better after eating ----'s Digestible Plum Puddings, sold in
tin canisters at 1s. 10d. per pound.

_Rio Janeiro._--Terribly hot and exhausted. I have now been three
months continuously in the water, which is certainly a long time. Much
amused with a toy called ----'s Mechanical Rabbit.

_Cape Verde Islands._--Almost unconscious from fatigue. However, I can
swim more easily after I have drunk a glass or two of ----'s Cabbage
Rose Temperance Non-Intoxicating Sherry. It is a most admirable
beverage.

_Madeira._--I move with the greatest difficulty, and fear I must be
sinking. I obtain great strength from an occasional sip of ----'s
"Beef-fibre" (title registered) which seems to me worth twice its
weight in gold.

_Dublin._--Have now been in the water continuously for nearly half a
year. Too feeble to look at Dublin. I am evidently sinking, and can
only keep off a relapse by eating ----'s Patent Vegetable Substitute
for Roast Pork.

_Herne Bay._--Returned dead--quite dead! Restored to life by inhaling
----'s Vitality Producer.

N.B.--The above blanks will be filled up with real names. For
particulars apply at 85, Fleet Street Advertisement Department.

* * * * *

A BLACK BUSINESS.

As stated in the _Daily Telegraph_ of Thursday last, the Russian
Censor stamped out _Mr. Punch's_ Cartoon, "From Nile to Neva," and
obliterated the verses. The _St. James's Gazette_ suggested that the
Cartoon was thus reproduced in Whistlerian fashion. It certainly is a
study in black, without any relief whatever. A Black business indeed!
Who shall correct the Censor Incensed? Even _Mr. Punch_ himself
would be chary about visiting Petersburg, lest he should be "bound in
Russia,"--and sent to Siberia.

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[Illustration: IMITATION THE SINCEREST FLATTERY.

_(Effects of a Long Session in the House.)_]

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WHAT THE TAME RABBIT SAID TO THE GRAND OLD GARDENER.

_(Some way after "Alice in Wonderland.")_

"The work of Major MORANT is headed _Profitable Rabbit Farming.
(Laughter.)_ Yes, that is a subject for merriment, probably, on
account of its comparative novelty, but it is also a subject of
satisfaction, which is akin to merriment, because this rabbit-farming
appears to be a very good and promising