The essays of Elia . surership came to be audited, the following singularcharge was unanimously disallowed by the bench: Item, disbursed Mr. AUen, the gardener, twentyshillings for stuff to poison the sparrows, by my to him was old Barton—a jolly negation, whotook upon him the ordering of the bills of fare for theparliament chamber, where the benchers dine—answer-ing to the combination rooms at College—much to theeasement of his less epicurean brethren. I know nothingmore of him.—^Then Read, and Twopenny—Read, good-humoured and personable—Twopenny, good-humouredbut thin, and felici
The essays of Elia . surership came to be audited, the following singularcharge was unanimously disallowed by the bench: Item, disbursed Mr. AUen, the gardener, twentyshillings for stuff to poison the sparrows, by my to him was old Barton—a jolly negation, whotook upon him the ordering of the bills of fare for theparliament chamber, where the benchers dine—answer-ing to the combination rooms at College—much to theeasement of his less epicurean brethren. I know nothingmore of him.—^Then Read, and Twopenny—Read, good-humoured and personable—Twopenny, good-humouredbut thin, and felicitous in jests upon his own T. was thin, Wharry was attenuated and must remember him (for he was rather of laterdate) and his singular gait, which was performed bythree steps and a jump regularly succeeding. The stepswere little efforts, like that of a child beginning towalk ; the jump comparatively vigorous, as a foot to aninch. Where he learned this figure, or what occasioned 152. THE OLD nrMTHFRq H A f> ^T --^L^t^t^ THEMSELVES. OLD BENCHERS OF THE INNER TEMPLE it, I could never discover. It was neither graceful initself, nor seemed to answer the purpose any betterthan common walking. The extreme tenuity of hisframe, I suspect, set him upon it. It was a trial ofpoising. Twopenny would often rally him upon hisleanness, and hail him as Brother Lusty; but W. hadno relish of a joke. His features were spiteful. I haveheard that he would pinch his cats ears extremelywhen anything had offended him. Jackson—the omni-scient Jackson, he was called—was of this period. He hadthe reputation of possessing more multifarious know-ledge than any man of his time. He was the FriarBacon of the less literate portion of the Temple. Iremember a pleasant passage of the cook applying tohim, with much formality of apology, for instructionshow to write down edge bone of beef in his bill of was supposed to know, if any man in the world decided
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