Mr. Grubemup, encouraged by this highly satisfactory
result, proceeded to scratch up with his thumb-nail a portion of the soil,
and his geological enterprise was speedily rewarded by a fossil of the
most interesting character. Upon close inspection it proved to be a highly
crystallised rat's-tail, from which the geologist inferred that there were
rats on the Kensington-road at a much earlier period than milestones. We
have not heard that the ingenious gentleman carried his examination
further, but in the present state of geology, any contribution to the
science, however small, will be thankfully received by the
knowledge-loving community.
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LAYS OF THE "BEAU MONDE."
BY THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING POST.
I saw at Lord George's _rout_,
Amid a blaze of _ton_;
And such a _tournure_ ne'er "came out"
For Maradon Carson!
For who that mark'd that sylph-like grace
That full Canova hip,
That robe of rich Chantilly lace,
That faultless satin slip,
Could doubt that she would be _the belle_
To make a thousand waistcoats swell?
I saw her seated by my lord,
As _joli comme un ange_;
She took some _pate perigord_.
And after that _blanc mange_:
A glass of Moyse's pink champagne
Lent lustre to _ses eux_.
And then--I heard a Grisian strain--
It was her sweet _adieux_;
And I--my friend the butler sought,
To slake with stout each burning thought.
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