e favourable notice
of the public to the ordinary issue. So _Punch_ has developed his power
and his resources. To him one might almost apply what a Welshman said of
his friend: "I knew him when he wass a ferry poor man--quite a poor man
walking about in the village; and now he drives in his carriage and
twice!"

FOOTNOTES:

[5] When the purchase was completed, a curious making-up of accounts
proceeded between the parties as to the wood-blocks which were to
accompany the paper. These accounts, referring to the titles of the
engravings, read curiously enough. Here is a specimen:--

No. 22. L12 10 6
Deduct Collared Beef 4 6
--- ---
L12 6 0

No. 25.

Brown's wrapper (_i.e._ Frontispiece
drawn by "Phiz"--Hablot
K. Browne) 15 12 6 12 12 0
Deduct 2 7 0
--- ---
13 5 6
No. 32.

_Deduct._ L s. d. _Add._ L s. d.
Bald Head 0 8 0 Concert-piece 0 5 0
Great Sale in Beer 0 4 0 Collared Beef 0 4 6
Highwayman 0 5 0 All round my hat 0 10 0
Leg of Mutton 0 5 0 Tall Lady 0 8 0
Turning over a Page 0 3 0 Adder-up 0 5 0 14 18 0
Betrayed 0 5 0
Letter P 0 15 0
--- ---
L2 7 0

These cuts were for the most part drawn by Brine, Hine, and Newman.

[6] It is a curious fact that the biographer of Hablot K. Browne is
altogether silent on his _Punch_ work, although it lasted with intervals
over a quarter of a century. The particulars of this work are referred
to further on, when _Punch's_ artists are passed in review.

CHAPTER III.

"Here let us sport,
Boys, as we sit;
Laughter and wit
Flashing so free.
Life is but short--
When we are gone,
Let them sing on,
Round the old tree."

_--Thackeray's "Mahogany Tree."_

THE _PUNCH_ DINNER AND THE _PUNCH_ CLUB.

Origin and Antiquity of the Meal--Place of Celebration--The
"Crown"--In Bouverie Street and Elsewhere--The Dining-Hall--The
Table--And Plans--Jokes and Amenities--Jerrold and his "Bar