at all. If he talks very liberal to the
poor, talk is all the poor will ever get out of him. If he talks liberal
about corn law, it tante to feed the hungry, but to lower wages, and
so on in every thing a most. None is so liberal as those as hante got
nothin'. The most liberal feller I know on is "Old Scratch himself." If
ever the liberals come in, they should make him Prime Minister. He is
very liberal in religion and would jine them in excludin' the Bible from
common schools I know. He is very liberal about the criminal code, for
he can't bear to see criminals punished. He is very liberal in politics,
for he don't approbate restraint, and likes to let every critter 'go
to the devil' his own way. Oh, he should be Head Spy and Prime Minister
that feller.

"But without jokin' tho', if I was Queen, the fust time any o' my
ministers came to me to report what the spies had said, I'd jist up and
say, 'Minister,' I'd say, 'it is a cussed oninglish, onmanly, niggerly
business, is this of pumpin', and spyin', and tattlin'. I don't like it
a bit. I'll have neither art nor part in it; I wash my hands clear of
it. It will jist break the spirit of my people. So, minister look here.
The next report that is brought to me of a spy, I'll whip his tongue out
and whop your ear off, or my name ain't Queen. So jist mind what I say;
first spy pokes his nose into your office, chop it off and clap it up
over Temple Bar, where they puts the heads of traitors and write these
words over, with your own fist, that they may know the handwritin', and
not mistake the meanin', _This is the nose of a Spy_."

CHAPTER II. THE PATRON; OR, THE COW'S TAIL.

Nothing is so fatiguing as sight-seeing. The number and variety of
objects to which your attention is called, and the rapid succession in
which they pass in review, at once wearies and perplexes the mind; and
unless you take notes to refresh your memory, you are apt to find you
carry away with you but an imperfect and indistinct recollection.

Yesterday was devoted to an inspection of the Tunnel and an
examination of the Tower, two things that ought always to be viewed
in juxta-position; one being the greatest evidence of the science and
wealth of modern times; and the other of the power and pomp of our
forefathers.

It is a long time before a stranger can fully appreciate the extent
of population and wealth of this vast metropolis. At first, he is
astonished and confused; his vision is indist