Punch . r of people got their living by hook or by crook. 7. The^weight of fish (weighed in their own scales) thatcome in to Billingsgate is thousands of tons: and thatthe heaviest fish is one thunnyfish. 8. That the language used at Billingsgate may be fishy,but is never foul. 9. That the only Scotch fish is a Mac-kerel. 10. That in the Northern seas the men become nuns,and take the Whale. 11. That Whitebait come annually from the Black Sea. 12. That infant Lobsters amuse themselves by playingwith Dol-phins. 13. That the Commissioners will be happy to dine withMr. Punch on any day, or ontany
Punch . r of people got their living by hook or by crook. 7. The^weight of fish (weighed in their own scales) thatcome in to Billingsgate is thousands of tons: and thatthe heaviest fish is one thunnyfish. 8. That the language used at Billingsgate may be fishy,but is never foul. 9. That the only Scotch fish is a Mac-kerel. 10. That in the Northern seas the men become nuns,and take the Whale. 11. That Whitebait come annually from the Black Sea. 12. That infant Lobsters amuse themselves by playingwith Dol-phins. 13. That the Commissioners will be happy to dine withMr. Punch on any day, or ontany number of days, nextseason, at Greenwich, and talk the matter over. They would also suggest that the employers of fisher-men should esteem them in the rank of newspaper re-porters, and pay them by the line. Persons utteringpredictions concerning the fishing prospects of the futureshall be called Net Prophets. We would also suggest that the Thames, beingthoroughly purified, Masters Fitzroy Kelly, Parting-. ton, and Disraeli should inaugurate the piscatorialseason by a session on the new embankment. LordDerry might make admirable use of one of his strongestlines in Homer; and the! Lord Chancellor could bringout of his case one of the many rods that he has beenkeeping in pickle for a few friends. Mr. Gladstone willjoyfully announce the presence of gold and silver fish inthe tThames, and turning to Mr. Goschen, mightobserve to that gentleman— Such, fisli, Mr. Goschen,Are not in the ocean ! Which couplet Earl Russell could, if he was catchingno fish, immediately write down, and send them, with hiscompliments, to the Bishop oe London, with a joke aboutthe occasion reminding him of Bishop Fisher : only thatprelate, instead of belonging to London, was attached to theSee of Roachester. The larger and coarserEels we notice, are pious fish, andmeet every Sunday in their own conger-regations. Theservice is read by Sar-deans. The mode now observed iof catching Soles might hence-forth be d
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