Wheer to for up theer? Thea 'll be smoor't, mon!" An' hoo would ha' darted forrud, an' getten houd on him; but Owd Ned kept stonnin afore hur, an' sayin', "Let him alone, mon; it's nobbut a bit ov a spree." Then he looked o'er his shoulder at Bodle, an' said, "Get tee forrud, wilto nowmun: thae met ha' bin deawn again by neaw;" an' as soon as he see'd at Bodle wur gettin meeterly weel up th' hole, he leet hur go; but hoo wur to lat by a dhyel. An' o' at hoo could do, wur to fot him a seawse or two o' th' legs wi' th' poker. But he wur for up, an' naut else. He did just stop abeawt hauve a minute,-when he feld hur hit his legs, to co' eawt, "Hoo's that at 's hittin mo?" "Whau," said hoo, "it's me, thae ghreyt leather-yed; an' come deawn wi' tho! Whatever arto' doin' i' th' chimbley ?" "Aw'm goin' up for some ale." "Ale! There's no ale up theer, thae ghreyt brawsen foo! Eh, aw wish yor Mally wur here!" "Aw wish hoo wur here, istid o' me," said Bodle. "Côme deawn with this minute, thae ghreyt drunken hal!" "Nut yet," said Bodle,"but aw'll not be lung, nothur, yo may depend; for it's noan a nice place, this isn't. Eh! there is some ov a smudge! "An' it gwos wur as aw go fur;-a-tscho-o! By Guy, aw con see noan,-nor talk, nothur;- -so ger off, an' let mo get it o'er afore aw'm chauk't;" and then th' owd lad crope forrud, as hard as he could, for he 're thinkin' abeawt th' quart ov ale. Well, Owd Neddy nearly skrike't wi' laughin', as he watched Bodle draw his legs up eawt o' th' seet; an' he seet agate o' hommerin' th' chimbley wo' wi' his hont, an' sheawtin' up, "Go on, Bodle, owd lad! Go on, owd mon! Thi'rt a reet un! i' tho lhoyzus thea 'st have a quart o' th' best ale i' this hole, i' tho lives till tho comes deawn again, as hea 'tis, owd brid! an' i' tho dees through it, aw 'll be fourpence or fi'pence toawrd thi berrin." And then, he went sheawting up an' deawn, "Hey! Dun yo yer, lads; come here! Owd Bodle 's gwon chleyn up th' chimbley! Aw never sprad my e'en uppo th' marrow trick to this i' my life." Well, yo may think, Sam, th' whole heawse wur up i' no time; an' some rare spwort they ha'dd'n; whol Owd Neddy kept goin' to th' eawtside, to see if Bodle had getting his yed eawt at th' top; an' then runnin' in again, and bawling up th' flue, "B heaw arto gettin' on? Go throo wi 't, owd cock! he 're starin' and sheawtin' up th' chimbley, Bodle somewheer toawrd th' top, an' he coom shutterin' deav o' the soot i' the chimbley wi' him; an' he leet wi' hi thump o' th' top-bar, an' then rollt deawn uppo th An' a greadly blash-boggart he looked, yo may thinl lad seem't as if he hardly knowed wheer he wur; so he bit, amoon a ghreyt cloud o' soot, an' Owd Neddy sto laughin', an' wipein' his e'en, an' co'in' eawt, "Tay thy Bodle; thi'rt safe londed, iv it be hard leetin'! Thir' bi' th' mon art ta, too. Tay thy wynt, owd brid! T a quart ov ale, as hea 'tis, owd mon, as soon as ever a my gate to th' bar eawt o' this smudge at thea 's broug Aw never had my chimbley swept as chep i' my life, never "Bodle, owd lad, k!" But, whol lle lost his houd, leawn again, an' ' his hinder end th' har'stone. ink. Th' owd he lee theer a tood o'er him, hy wynt a bit, ir't a reet un, Thea 'st have raw con see ight wi' tho! er!" FOURTH ORDINARY MEETING. ROYAL INSTITUTION, 28th November, 1864. J. A. PICTON, ESQ., PRESIDENT, in the Chair. Messrs. Walter Weld, Fred. J. Jeffery, William Humphreys, and the Rev. Edward Scott, B. A., were balloted for and elected ordinary members of the Society. A Paper was read, entitled: THE ENGINEER'S LIBRARY. BY MR. JOHN M'FARLANE GRAY. FIFTH ORDINARY MEETING. ROYAL INSTITUTION, 12th December, 1864. J. A. PICTON, ESQ., PRESIDENT, in the Chair. Mr. HIGGINSON described a fine lunar rainbow, which he had observed at about half-past three a. m. on the morning of the 8th instant. Mr. T. J. MOORE read some notes by Captain J. H. Mortimer, ship "America," Associate of the Society, on the Physalia, or Portuguese man-of-war, illustrating in a remarkable manner the stinging properties of this creature. On one occasion, having to soak a portion of a single tentacle of E a large specimen, taken in the North Atlantic, unwind it from a card which had been bent d strong contractile power of the tentacle in earthenware basin in which it had been soaked emptied of the water without being further clean quently both the steward and the cabin boy wa same basin, and suffered extreme pain in the arm neck in consequence. In the case of the stewar were very much inflamed, as from a new scald blister has formed; he was also very red and sw the armpits and on the neck. Relief was obtai application of olive oil. The cabin boy went to be face covered with wet towels, so great was his di which he did not at the time make known to the ca Some notes by the same gentleman were also re to a specimen of the frog fish (Antennarius sp.), of r large size, taken from the Gulf weed in lat. 59° 501 59 W. This was kept alive twelve days. Its n were graceful, its colours brilliant and variegated, being of a dark yellow, tinged with green and va black spots, closely resembling the Fucus natans, or weed, with its darker berries, from which it was ta among which specimens may easily be overlooked whole body was very flexible; and the creature gra branches of the weed with its pectoral fins, whic almost be termed arms from their jointed and p character, being furnished with five-finger or claw-1 longations. The specimens above referred to were exhibited f Derby Museum, as was also a specimen of the fly (Exocœtus), collected by Captain George Fletcher, to was attached a Lernean parasite, apparently Penella sa Mr. CHADBURN exhibited an instrument to show e pictures upon a screen from "opaque" objects, sim atic, in order to double by the In drying, the xed was simply eaned. Subse washed in the arms, face, and vard the arms d before the wollen under tained by the bed with his distress, but captain. read relative remarkably ) N., long. movements the skin aried with Sargasso aken, and 1. sped the might rehensile ke pro om the which ittata. arged ar to |