CAPRICORNUS,

Who was originally Jupiter's wet-nurse. His lease of the Zodiac extends

to the 21st of January, after which he is obliged to pull in his horns.

This constellation is noted for the number of stupid people who are born

under it. They believe everything they see advertised, and put their

trust in pills and Moses and Son. They are mostly called "Gents." They

spend their money in Coal-holes, and smoke a kind of cabbage called

"cheroot." They abound at promenade concerts, and on the tops of

omnibuses and paddle-boxes on Sundays.

[Illustration:

FLYING ARTILLERY.

]

Capricornus, when he has finished going the Circuit of the Zodiac, is

succeeded by

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