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    October 17, i868.J . THE TOM AH A WK. 16...

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    FRENCH PICTURES FOR THE ENGLISH. By Jule...

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    Letter of the VI Chase .—Canard . Extrac...

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    ROOM FOR WALKER.

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    minded We are members delighted of to th...

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    ' Pauca Verba.'—Some Bath chaps have bee...

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    October 17, I868.J . The Tom Ah A Wk. 16...

    October 17 , i 868 . J . THE TOM AH A WK . 169

    French Pictures For The English. By Jule...

    FRENCH PICTURES FOR THE ENGLISH . By Jules Canard .

    Letter Of The Vi Chase .—Canard . Extrac...

    Letter of the VI Chase . —Canard . Extracts ' s Illness fro ? . n A a Day Diary ' s Shooting . How . to Costume Shoot . Results . To the Editor of the " Gamin de Paris ? Hotel of the Two Worlds and St . Cloud , Leicester square , Oct . 10 , 1868 .

    My dearly-beloved and much respected Redacteur , — You will remember that when I last wrote to you I described the in my Common letter the Hall election . You will of the recollect " Lor that -Mayor I left of off London at the point , " p where each the a presumptuous City magnate . " counselor What followed " had was the audacity so horrible to that im-1 it b for roug two ht on an and immediate when attack returned of to brain consciousness fever . I was laid

    up bered nothing days but , the fact that I my salary was in arrears remem ( please - lat see el to y . this I have ) . But been to stay return ing . at I have a most had charming a grei : t deal country of pleasure house have ( I was enjoyed ordered myself to Herts immensel for change y . of On air Monday after my I illness went ) and out gentlemans sporting , and -jockey on Tuesday -race" at assisted " Nu- at market the . great " First " Cesarewitch about my - day ' rose s-shooting early . and dressed myself in the costume of the

    chase as very worn in England . I give you a description of the various garments and accoutrements . Coat . —Red tail . Blue cuffs . Yellow facings . Epaulets Trousers . . — — Yellow Silver . cord . Spurs Boots . . — r- " Steel Hors . -gar Long . " . Hat— " Gentlemans-jockey" Red lume

    . . p . Butterfl Arms— . net Sword . . Carbine . Large French horn . Pistols . " Dogues y . " —A " boule-dogue , " two " Kin-Charles / ' and a " toy-terriere . " said Habited to myself thus , " I These left the insolent house islanders of my host , ara born at five ' gentlemans o ' clock . I - jockeys me AJLXW I JL belong t , ' SWAVrj they *^ are to W ' a sporting nation XlAblWAl -mans of Vi soldiers iJVAUAwA ' from WI . th I * eir know »* infancy iv it more *** v . «¦* As m about > wmw for

    by / # g myself loire than , where the no perdrix one can . I see will me practice , where no this one ' rifle can - smile shootin at ' my started failure for . " the I " said cover this . " , I blew give you a loud some note notes on from my horn my diary , and . by 6 a o hay 'Clock -stack . —I and have saw very something nearly shot moving something to my left ! . I passed As the " something " was at least five yards off , I thought my carbine would I I certainlv certainl not should should carry so have have far , shot shot so I it it didn !! 't fire . If it had been nearer y

    6 . 5 a . m . —The something turns out to be a boy . So as it b happens Eng oy , land for , sixpence they it was do luck , not has y put I tau couldn in ght the me ' t shot get how up first to near ! load Ah enough my ! these carbine to Eng it . . lish The In - men 6 . 10 , are a . m they . —Heep not strange , heep , heep ? ! I ' ve let off my gun ! I pulled am the not trigge killed r , and , but it the went ' , boule off suddenly -dogue " with is shot a loud throug explosion h the head . I . ¦ Ah > this sport is d !

    *** 6 , . . 15 20 ***** a a . . m m ur »• . . — — *^* w Powder I ' m gran ^ putting 3 * ******* in . in I ' m the putting powder in . the first wad . 6 6 . . 25 33 a a . . m m . . — — Wad Shot in in . . I I' ' m m putting putting in in the the shot second . wad . 6 . 40 a . m . —Heep , heep , heep ! The carbine is once more loaded Englishmen ! See , it , is I Jules ' m a who " gentleman will surprise ' s-jockey ye , ! " already . Ah , The 7 a . farmer m . —I ' m ' s boy passing told by a always wood . to I ' ve put just got carbine to a * gate ' haf .

    - ** w AWAUAVA m * P- / V / JT WV & VI * me XM . k \ 0 CVX YV MY M b \ J £# UV my fc J * JT VWA WAUV UU . 1 the coc " tri „ when . I go Well . over this a gate manoeuvre . I am is to difficult hold the but lock I and will sur pull - mount gger it . , , 7 , 2 a , ## . —Keep , heep , heep ! Again my gun has gone off !

    killed It was both unexpected of the " , Kin but -Charles it was grand . " Three . I " am Tales still of alive game , but " in I one ' ve hour coc , " ! I Come burnt , this my is fingers le sport . Thi / s However manoeuvre , in making is painful the , " but haf pleasing 7 . 20 to . 8 . 20 a . m . —Loading my carbine . sho o 25 t the a . m " . — ioy I -terriere have not ? but met he a single my leg bird as . I I was have taking tried aim to . Wh 9 ^ o a c m ould % —I sho . am uiia ot skirting gi a dog wi ^ jg that a % jt , hedge bites one There ' s toes % is 1 something # ¦* moving ***^^

    • . . a * w * - * £ ^ w * . * -1 . *^ - * * am * **¦*«« ^ . ******^ * + * . * . £ y over there j _ 1 _ . I shoot _ 1 _ _^_ ! It Ti . is - _ dead J ^ - * . JM . Another A « . _ 4 . 1 . Au ' tail .. — * 1 of ~^ C game ***** vh ~ k — . . " Hold 12 , a h . m old . — , vive I have le sport let off ! my carbine three times—each time it went quite off simp ! le I . ' m All now you quit have e accustomed to do is to support to this your shooting carbine . It on is you head the lower may , and be part pull nearl of y e your sure trigg chest of er the . , If gun close you going follow your off eyes ou . t You , tur se n must away dire not ctions your be

    surprised if you are knocked down . It is the concussion , or as the the Eng sensation lish call of i falling t , the " it ki is c . " as Until well to ou place get accusto a feather me - bed to behind you . know sure 1 p that . m that . — . you I when am are on you near a trail find something . a I piece have . of read I orange follow Cooper - up peel ' s the you novels trail may , , and and be « am -V * A . » close VAV / UV to W ^ a wood TV X ^ X ^ X- * .

    shot 2 p . . m I . — place Yes , the there carbine was against something the ! lower Now part J ules of for my another chest , and 2 . 5 p u . m l th . — e Heep trigger , heep . I , fall heep , and ! p I ick ' ve myself found up it ! . My shot took effect 2 . 30 ! p . m Heep . —I , return heep , heep home ! in O triump gai J h I ! 've shot a Fox \ " tails Before of game concluding " I found this in letter my , " I game beg -carpet to sen -bag d you . " a list of the Contents of M . Canard ' s " game-carpet-bag ?

    2 1 " Fox Kin , -Charles " poodle-boule-dogues , 4 1 Eng Pigs lish , " boule-dogue , and 3 Sheep s . cage As to I was make going up the into dozen the . house So my I shot grand a total canary was I found in a

    Twelve " Tails of Game !" wich Next -gentlemans week I will -jockeys tell you race all " about at " Nu my -market visit . to " the " Qesare-Till then , Receive the most distinguished considerations of Jules Canard .

    Room For Walker.

    ROOM FOR WALKER .

    Minded We Are Members Delighted Of To Th...

    minded We are members delighted of to the see Medical that several Profession of the are more aiding liberal the - movement be chiefly , to if not establish wholly female , confined physicians to that , whose province labours of the shall art which scientific Nature cant inten and ded women to itation perform can . blind No amount us to the of fact that , the , performance mercenary of such ag duties by men is simply a violation of decency . Women have as steady hands and a

    more more plenty delicate delicate of women touch touch who can than than master men men by bv their nature nature feelings , , and and when ther ther there e e are are is to need whom of action pounds . We , shillings can hardl , and y pence believe represent that those the medical only view men of their art which they know , will be powerful enough to obstruct labou a reform r and which ambition , while , releases it opens her an honourable modesty from field a to trial Woman , which ' s is as unnecessary as it is severe .

    ' Pauca Verba.'—Some Bath Chaps Have Bee...

    ' Pauca Verba . '—Some Bath chaps have been Ifttroducing pig much s' better heads if into they their studied ritualistic Bacon , pag or eants emigrated . They to the would land do of Ham *

• Citation
  • Tomahawk (1867-1870), Oct. 17, 1868, page 169, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_17101868/page/9/