Punch: Punch (76.1879)

June 7, 1879.] PUNCH, OB, THE LONDON CHARIVARI. 253

DERBY DAY. (TIME, 11 A.M.)

Swell, from Coach (loq.). " Now, my Man, you must look Sharp, or you'll See nothing of the Race !"

Costa: " Who are you a-Talking to, Mr. Crutch and Toothpick ? How do you know but what I hain't a-going to the Hoaks ? "

"SCIENTIA DOCET."

(Not a doubt of it.)

Scene — Smoking - Room. En-
thusiasts discovered discussing
recent Treaty.

First Enthusiast. I think it's
quite the biggest thing Dizzy has
done. "We have got everything
we wanted, and India is safe for
a hundred years.

Second Enthusiast (struck with
the idea). Ah ! I shouldn't won-
der. {Refers to evening paper.)
Yes, I see we've got the Knurum,
Pishin, and Sibi Valleys, and con-
trol of the Khyber and Michni. I
haven't looked at the map, but
that sounds"strong.

Third Enthusiast. Strong! I
should think so. Why, we are
to have an agent at Cabul, and
he '11 be able to wire to Simla in
five minutes. Why, if a hun-
dred thousand Russians suddenly
turned up at Herat, we should
know it at Bayswater same even-
ing. Look at that!

First Enthusiast. Splendid !
I '11 tell you what it's done for
Russia. It's given her her
quietus. No intervening four
hundred miles now. If she's
quarrelsome, why there she is
right alongside of us.

Second Enthusiast. Just so.
And Article III. stipulates—

"That the foreign affairs of the
Ameer shall be conducted under

SYMPTOMS OF A BANK HOLIDAY.

British advice, and that the Ameer
shall be supported by the British
Government against foreign aggres-
sion."

I like the ring of that.

First Enthusiast. Rather ! It
will give Lytton a chance if he
knows what hej's about. The
whole thing's been managed ad-
mirably.

Third Enthusiast. Yes. And
look at the cost. A mere nothing.
Two or three millions down, and
a trifling subsidy of sixty thou-
sand a year.

Second Enthusiast. Is that all ?
Mere child's play. What's a
squeeze more or less of that kind
out of a rich country like India ?

First''. Enthusiast. Quite so.
Well, Dizzy promised us a Scien-
tific Frontier, and, by Jove, he 's
got it. He's a wonderful fellow.

[.Left crowing.

something like a eamily man".

We learn from one of our con-
temporaries that John Dunn has
no fewer than seventeen Zulu
wives, and "a corresponding
number of children." Whatever
that may be in precise figures, it
is clear that this Gentleman must
have added a large increment to
the already numerous family of
the " Dunn Browns."

The Sporting Contributor .—
More Plague than Prophet.

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