p, and then tapering into a neck, or smaller tube, of
nearly the same length, he raised it in a semi-horizontal position to a
point about one and a half inches above the lower circumference of his
chin, until he could look through it at an angle bisecting its greater
circumference upon the map below. The light, striking through the body
of this instrument, cast a wavy, fluctuating sort of yellowish glare
upon that part of the map representing the well-known Southern
Confederacy, accompanied by a species of soft, trickling sound. After
an interval of some ten minutes, the operator saw, by this contrivance,
just double the number of Confederacies he had to contend with. It only
remained, then, for him to divide the number thus ascertained by two,
and he knew exactly the number of his foes!

You will observe, my boy, that this singularly ingenious device at once
revealed to the new General of the Mackerel Brigade the true strength
of his greatest enemy, and inspired him with a strong spirit.

It was immediately after this, that the Grim Old Fighting Cox issued
the following

"GENERAL ORDER.

"The manner in which the crossing of Duck Lake has been
accomplished proves that this is the finest Army ever seen on the
plan-it, and is likely to prove equally fine on the do-it. I have
now got the well-known Southern Confederacy where I wished to have
her, and she must either ignominiously retreat, or come out of her
works, and be annihilated by me on my own ground, which is
ground-arms!

"(Blue Seal.)

"THE GENERAL OF THE MACKEREL BRIGADE."

Having let fly this General Order, my boy, the Grim Old Fighting Cox
proceeded to complete his surprise of the enemy by leading a bayonet
charge from his side of the triangle, and immediately telegraphed to
the base of the triangle that the enemies of human freedom were
retreating before him. This was truly the case; for the unseemly
Confederacies not only retreated before him, but retreated with such
impetus of flight upon Captain Villiam Brown at the base of the
triangle, that they actually drove him clear out of his place, and
proceeded to occupy the base themselves. Thus matters stood at the
conclusion of the first day.

Early on the second day, the Grim Old Fighting Cox charged again upon
some fresh regiments of Confederacies, who retreated with such violence
that they completely pressed Captain Bob Shorty from the right line of
the triang