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The Project Gutenberg eBook, Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 103, August 13, 1892, by Various, Edited by F. C. Burnand This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 103, August 13, 1892 Author: Various Release Date: February 22, 2005 [eBook #15142] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-646-US (US-ASCII) ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI, VOL. 103, AUGUST 13, 1892*** E-text prepared by Malcolm Farmer, William Flis, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 15142-h.htm or 15142-h.zip: (http://www.ibiblio.org/gutenberg/1/5/1/4/15142/15142-h/15142-h.htm) or (http://www.ibiblio.org/gutenberg/1/5/1/4/15142/15142-h.zip) PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI VOL. 103 AUGUST 13, 1892 LADY GAY'S SELECTIONS. _Yacht "Ibex," Weymouth._ DEAR MR. PUNCH, Once again "my foot is on my native heath."--(I don't know where this quotation comes from, but presume the author of it had lost a leg, or he would have placed _his feet_ there--or else he must have had one leg shorter than the other, and so _couldn't_ put both down at once!)--and heartily glad I am to be there--we had a most alarming passage from Jersey, and I thought every moment would be my last--(_for a time_)--but I was cheered and stimulated to endurance by the noble example of my friend and fellow-passenger The MACDOUGAL--Chief of the Clan--who was obtrusively well up to lunch-time!--but I had my revenge then, for he was unable to face the dish of Haggis that I am given to understand every right-minded Scotchman thinks it his duty to eat at least once a day. However, "I pulled through all right," as Lord ARTHUR would say, and was so delighted with my sailor-like indifference to the "rolling-sea," that I adopted a rolling-walk on landing, which was most impressive, to judge from the staring of the inhabitants of Weymouth!--(I may confess to _you_ that I couldn't help myself; everything was going up and down and sideways, for _hours_ after I landed, and I rea
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