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    • THE ROUNDABOUT RAMBLES.
    • PLA YING AT SOLDIERS.
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      Auyst 6,187a] The Tom Ah A Wk. 47

      Auyst 6 , 187 a ] THE TOM AH A WK . 47

      The Roundabout Rambles.

      THE ROUNDABOUT RAMBLES .

      [Continued By Our Special Correspondent....

      [ continued by our special correspondent . ]

      On Hoard H.M.S. " Bolchester." August 1,...

      On Hoard H . M . S . " Bolchester . " August 1 , 1870 . of Fortunately our time has been , as yet devoted we have to reading had decent up naval weather warfare , and , most and do instructing not think the I Chief told you in his that duties he refused as Admiral to serve of except the Hluc as . Ad I - miral «¦••««»* ly of the » r » t * Blue # ' » # *« - . His ilia this idea 1 UVU of w » sword the iiiv "blue i # * w d " is « , | admira of w » % course * wif « l * 7 ^ y , ^ si * tmrn m p ed ^ l rmj y

      cheerful action hat war , paint but . , , But . and I regret He sometimes thoroughly wears to say I am , at , a little home afraid beside , and , from an . is the an He extremel look seems of y his , ' eager s however coc mouth for , but two he has he pieces said been of he at bread only the gunpowder took and a butter littl . e now the I caught , other and then him day , with as on a the a ton lot forecastle ic between . I tola , , el him se to it was rely all on , we and had he , and promised that in to an let action it alone we . had I am nothing afraid , though Spagmore , he says thinks it , would as Admiral have , been he has cheaper a right to to have a quart got a him day a . shell or two , and let him " pick a bit" when he fancied it ;

      and and its contents so so it it would would , and . . promised I I have have described described him the a a first shell shell that to to comes him him . , and and on exp exDlained boa lained rd in zon any , action and is . so I anxious think this for is us wh to y have he is an always engagement looking . Our at the studies horiin marine matters have not been very successful , and we can ' t we quite all have the manage sails let to the " the a yacht tack wash " drift . yet They . about For will the the come last Chan home few nel days ,, and on , have therefore Saturday sent , evening , and then we shall be quite prepared for any eventuality . allowanc 1 ought to e of tell rum you . that the Chief has stipulated for a " war "

      August 2 , 5 a . m . Lord We B have ., and si the ghted scientific a steamer gentleman in the ( whom offing . we We have have forced woke to become The Chief an unpaid wishes Midshi to know pman if ) there and is called likel a to Council be a shell of War on . board . It is very likely . He votes for War y . Lord B ., wants us S to land him , if anywhere he repeat , and s that threatens it will us be with mutiny his solicitor and that !

      for pagmore the sake says of maintenance of discipline , we must put , him into irons sort of . game Lord , " B and . has the rep matter lied that has dropped we had . " better not try that 5 . 30 a . m . the We mizen have beam sent ) the to report mate up tne somewhere movements » wvhb (/ of think the vessel to the top in the of offingA . He ^* says w *» J w ^ she p ** w is mm * the ¦ fc ¦» - > r Boulogne * - ^ ^ r «*^«^ k *>«^ boat ^ , « and ^* w ^ n is aw unarmed w «« i * isi ««« b **•• in * all m > mm

      probability her up , we . intend We have to put decided up signals on War of distress . As we until can we ' t catch catch her mean attention to fire a , volley and then of paving , when stones she comes , from close our 68 up , raking to us , her we of deck truce fore and and aft . We terms then of shall immediat . I have ely haul told S up a flag that I think , the propose plan shabby , but peace he says that " that ' s pagmore the way as Nelson I know won nothing all his about victories it . , " and that I had better shut up ,

      5 . 45 a . m . soap Great and excitement water . The . We Boulogne are cleaning boat out has the seen Sixty us Ei , g and ht with has walking " put her about helm with to . " a The large Chief dish is cover in a , and frantic a soup state p , late and . keeps 9 a . m . has has Frantic hailed hailed excitement us us . . We We . have have We are all all bobbed bobbed close to our our the heads heads steamer down down , and , and and she

      the nothing Chief is . heard I have in told the stillness him his but duties the as deep Admiral wicked require chuckle , him of ri to I gg think carry ing , he dish on is the asking cover negotiati and for a all ons shell , . and . He yelled has lou suddenl dly to y the sprung passengers into the . 9 . 45 a . m . They Close are to to us give . S us pagmore £ 500 for has Lord prepared Bolchester our terms , let us after take victory them . ¦

      On Hoard H.M.S. " Bolchester." August 1,...

      all fowls to they Boulogne have at on 15 board s . a , head and , deliver give u « up free all the pastes salad to and London cold pointing Bridge , available the sixty- for eigh a t month straight . , vVc but we have are had all som of opinion e trouble that in if the steamer will only keep quiet for five minutes we shall catch shouting her to somewhere us through about a speaking the ladies trumpet ' cabin . in The French Captain . I am is I 1 I afraid aiituu we wv have imvv made iiiauv some swine horrid uuruu mistake imsuurc ..

      • • • • • Captai I though n insists t so ! that We we have are insulted Germans a , French and declares Gunboat that ! The the Chief Lord Bolchester is Bismarck , my in Aunt disguise , and . They Lady are Tony going have to imp fire lored on us us . on their knees to surrender . We can't for the Chief won ' t hear of with it , a and fri has htful flung oath a and swing covered lamp with at the broken French glass Captain and oil , who has ,

      disappeared g . Spagmore , says he has gone to give the word , and that we had better open upon them first , ••••• yacht We , have on the tried other to side ironp , covered late Lord with B . tea He -trays is sitting . I outside am afraid the match the crisis and has fire turned . his head a little . We are about to light a

      paving Done -stones it ! Our and a Sixty good Ei piece ght of has our blown bulwarks up ; into but the sent French the and gun-boat has tomahawked ' s rigging . It the is compass very exc . iting Spagmore . The Chief says we is furiou ought s to French sing Rule have Britannia fired six guns to keep , but up everything the spirit of has the gone crew throug . The h his the hat masts , but , and missed hurt it no . one Glorious . The work Chief ! tried I do to not catch wonder a ball that in Nelson —

      board It ' s all ! It over has . burst An awful through exp the losion sky . lig A ht , shell and gone has on fallen to the on cudd itch y it table overboard . Spagmore . He begs its me to run and down onl and wants try and - p tice . I'll try ! says very easy , y prac •«••• knife Hel , p and less his . The eyes Chief glistening is at with the table delight , with ! a Before carving him fork is and his plate , and in it , on the eve of explosion—the shell IJ

      Pla Ying At Soldiers.

      PLA YING AT SOLDIERS .

      Following Taking Into Paragrap Considera...

      following Taking into paragrap consideration h which the has present appeared political in the position Naval , and the peculiar Military interest intelligence : — of most of our contemporaries , possesses the His garrison Royal at Woolwich Higunbss . Prince The House Arthur of the will Commandant permanentl of y Royal rejoin Marines , Rush grove , Woolwich , just vacated b y Sir Edward Ward * , sion K . C . B of ., changes is being of fitted regiments up as will the Prince be made 's official at the quarters infantry . and A succes other

      obtaining barracks at experience Woolwich in from every time branch to time of the , with Army the . object of the Prince sumed So , while the lead Europe of all is other in arms considerations , and the science as a of stud war of has as - - tical and pressing importance , the troops of the English y line prac are being and special disported edification in the nei of g Prince hbourhood Arthur of . Woolwich Really it for is time the that sole the a hig Military her purpose authorities than to should amuse learn or that even the to Eng instruct lish Army a boy has of twenty whobut for his Royal influencewould be a junior

      officer in one , of the Ordnance Corps , with , a standing very grievance o sonall unded y , we on entertain the hopelessness the best feeling of obtaining towards promotion His Royal . High Per- - ness , but he is now getting old enough to know that real soldiers him should to take not be the Prince initiative ' s playthings in putting , and a stop it would to a pernicious well become ab urdity .

      Bismarck—His—Mark.—We Observe That The P...

      Bismarck—his—mark . —We observe that the Prussian ture Premier . As signs a Cockney his name would Von say Bismarck , " he hasn . This 't von is yet a little . " prema-M II ¦ ¦ ... ¦¦ ¦ , ¦ I , Wff

  • Citation
    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), Aug. 6, 1870, page 47, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_06081870/page/5/