_First Traveller_ (_in the smoking-room_). I think the most marvellous
sight I ever saw was when I was crossing the Bight of Benin. You know
the Bight?
_Second Traveller._ Perfectly. Shot two sea-serpents there last year.
_Third Traveller._ I landed hard by when I cycled across Africa.
_First Traveller._ Well, it was there we sighted a man who had crossed
from Buenos Ayres on a hen-coop, with a cotton umbrella for a sail,
and----
_Other Travellers_ (_jealously in chorus_). Oh! Come, I say!
_Quiet Man_ (_in corner_). Oh, I'll vouch for the truth of the
assertion.
_First Traveller_ (_nettled_). How's that?
_Quiet Man._ Why, _I_ was the man.
[_Company disperses._
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NEXT BEST THING TO THE PERSIAN LOCOMOTIVE CARPET OF EASTERN FABLE.--The
"Travelling Rug" of Western fact.
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[Illustration: Brown, who has had a hard day sight-seeing, in Tunis,
goes to a cafe for a quiet drink and rest. Result!]
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