A Cockney sportsman, wishing to introduce hare-hunting into France, is
seriously meditating a work on the subject, to be entitled,
_Arriere-pensees_; _or, Thoughts on Keeping 'Ariers_. His _nom de plume_
will be _Le petit Jean du_ Jockey Club.
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[Illustration: _'Arriet (as a bee alights on her hand)._
"My word, 'Arry, wot a pretty fly!"
(_Sting._)
"Crikey! ain't 'is feet 'ot!"]
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[Illustration: "'Ullo, Jim, look 'ere! 'Ere's a noo stachoo! Lend us yer
knife!"]
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[Illustration: _Jinks._ "I want to buy a dog. I don't know what they
call the breed, but it is something the shape of a greyhound, with a
short curly tail and rough hair. Do you keep dogs like that?"
_Fancier._ "No. I drowns 'em!"]
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