ion,
we were told that although a variety of nets, such as the Ecclesiastical
Commission, WHISTON'S Inquiries, and others, have been tried, they have
never succeeded in bringing these very recondite creatures above the
surface, for when they perceive their approach to public gaze, they
become so alarmed, and struggle so violently, as always to succeed in
escaping to their natural shelter among the riches deposited at the
bottom of their Sees.

The most rapacious among them is said to be the "Episcopus," as only one
of them can be found in a See. This will not cause surprise, for it has
been ascertained that L10,000 per annum is devoured by a single
specimen. The Episcopus is always attended by a crowd of Rectors,
Canons, and Vicars, who are all more or less grabiferous.

These curious animals are said to possess a peculiarity wanting in all
other species, that of ubiquity; as they are supposed to be able to be
in several places at once.

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SHOCKING LANGUAGE.

"SIR,--The papers inform us that MR. PHILLIMORE, the other night, asked
the President of the Board of Control why the returns given in the case
of 'RUSTOMJEE VICCAJEE and VICCAJEE PESTONJEE' were incomplete? That a
subject, evidently surrounded with ease, should be attended with
difficulty is certainly strange. But I want to know, if you can inform
me, who or what 'RUSTOMJEE VICCAJEE and VICCAJEE PESTONJEE,' aforesaid
are? I thought at first that these words were specimens of the 'foul
language' used by cabmen and others as complained of by COLONEL
SIBTHORPE. Am I right? By the bye, while on the subject of bad words,
may I ask (indignantly, as the father of a family) how it is that
PROFESSOR GREGORY and other chemists are not restrained from circulating
such words as the following: Methylethylamylophenylium,
Ethylopropylamylamine, Methylethylamylophenylammonium; 76 letters in
three words--my hand aches with writing them. To be sure, as a set-off,
these professors sometimes give us something more euphonious; 'Margarate
of Glycerine' sounds like the title of a novel, but then whoever heard
of 'Glycerine?' Where is it? What did Margarate there, and is she a
descendant of MARGARET OF ANJOU? I trust that you will be able to give
me some information, or, at any rate, give your assistance in the cause
of monosyllabic simplicity.

"BUZFUZ."

"P.S. 'What's in a name?' is a question that has been often asked. I
find that 'MAR