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boat below him. Observe, also, the stout party who has called for brandy-and-water, and whose countenance almost lapses into a smile as "Kellner" approaches with the beverage. The tutor, it is pleasant to see, has at last put his "Classic" in his pocket, and gives himself up to the undivided enjoyment of the scene, while his "young charge" is wrapped in contemplation of mechanical science as exemplified in the structure of the wheel. And that must surely be the gent who has such a low opinion of the beauty of the Rhine-land, seated at the stern of the boat with his legs dangling over the river. Let us hope that he is happy now! THE ENGLISH "MILORD" UPON THE RHINE. How happy he looks! He dislikes the hum of men, and sits all day shut up in his carriage reading the literature of his country. How rude of those Germans to be laughing and joking so near his lordship! PERFECT ENJOYMENT. [COBLENTZ.] Indignation of Robinson, at sight of inadequate washing apparatus. He rang the bell with such violence, that all the waiters rushed in, thinking that the hotel was on fire, or that a revolution had broken out. There he stood, pointing to the water, about half a pint in a basin the size of a breakfast cup; and in a voice of suppressed emotion, demanding to know if "Das ist, etc." JONES'S NIGHT THOUGHTS. "Man wants but little here below," _but_ "wants that little long." If you should forget the number of your key and room (_as BROWN did on returning late from the theatre_), what are you to do? +An Incident in the Life of Jones's Dog.+ How this animal seemed to have imbibed communistic principles, and how he stole a sausage, and how the population rose like one man, and hunted him through the town. The dog having outstripped the populace, proceeds to eat the sausage. Having done so, he looks stouter than he did, and is inclined to rest. The inhabitants, eager for vengeance, surround him, but are kept at bay by the expression of his countenance. One burly peasant having the hardihood to approach too near, he is made as example of. _Exeunt omnes._ [THE RHINE.] Brown, with noble perseverance, sits upon the paddle-box, regardless of the storm, and sketches the castles and towns, as the steam-boat passes them. --Till in a moment of grief his hat and several sketches were carried off for ever: and then he thought it time to go below. How a citizen of the United St
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