They'll know the smell they used to smell,

Just try the dog and cat!"

XIV.

The spirit fled they wept his fate,
And cried, Alack, alack!

At last up started brother Jim,

"Let's try if Jack was Jack!"

XV.

They called the dog, they called the cat,

And little kitten too,

And down they put the Cod and sauce,

To see what brutes would do.

XVI.

Old Tray licked all the oysters up,
Puss never stood at crimps,

But munched the Cod—and little kit

Quite feasted on the shrimps!

XVII.

The thing was odd, and minus Cod

And sauce, they stood like posts; Oh, prudent folks, for fear of hoax, Put no belief in Ghosts!

B

EN BATTLE was a soldier bold,
And used to war's alarms;

But a cannon ball took off his legs,
So he laid down his arms!

Now as they bore him off the field,
Said he, "Let others shoot,

For here I leave my second leg,

And the Forty-second Foot!"

The army-surgeons made him limbs : Said he," They're only pegs :

But there's as wooden members quite As represent my legs!"

Now Ben he loved a pretty maid,
Her name was Nelly Gray;

So he went to pay her his devours
When he'd devoured his pay!

But when he called on Nelly Gray,
She made him quite a scoff;
And when she saw his wooden legs,
Began to take them off!

"O Nelly Gray! O Nelly Gray! Is this your love so warm?

The love that loves a scarlet coat

Should be more uniform !"

She said, "I loved a soldier once,
For he was blithe and brave;

But I will never have a man

With both legs in the grave!

"Before you had those timber toes,

Your love I did allow,

But then, you know, you stand upon

Another footing now!"

"O Nelly Gray! O Nelly Gray! For all your jeering speeches,

K