The Sun.
London, England, 1829-11-23 00:00:00

THE KI C 4

His MAJESTY MI6-MPS ssi n•
spirits and the best health. Those tt h ~,rc 1 ~ovired
being allowed to approach the al l'ers"n idi,ul, the
reports the ignorant have circulated, a. to ,ither one or the
other being in the sliehtest degree imp ed. His MA-
JESTY, it is true, has not heeu out in his pony phaeton so
frequently of late as wa+ his cufto-n in the summer mouths,
but a natural indisposition to expose hityself nonecessaril
to the inclemency of the weather is the only cause of his
seclusion. The KING has had few visitors at the Royal
Lodge during the week. The Duke of WELLINGTON had
a lung audience with his MAJESTY on Tuesday, and was
received with every mark of the most flattering esteem.
When his MAJESTY will take up his residence at the Castle
is not exactly known.— Windsor Express.

WATERLOO BRIDGE.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sia,—Mr. Powell having been represented in various
reports as the Secretary, the Solicitor, and Surveyor, of
the Waterloo Bridge Company, you will oblige an old
Subscriber by informing your numerous readers of the fact,
that those appointments are severally filled by Mr. W. J.
Bridell, Mr. S. W. Sweet, and Mr. D. R. Roper, and
that Mr. Powell holds the situation of Assistant Clerk.

I am, Sir, your very obedient servant,
A PROPRIETOR.

FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE.

LW"- INTELLIGENCE.

A PrOl 1 : 7 PRESENT WEEK.

}l;s un Monday,- at Thorpe;
and Frid,ty, Ci,oked r, Iver Heath—at Ilalf-
pa.t Ten.

Sir John 'arednes,l y. at Shiplake ;
and Sour ,ay. a: May's I' r Half-past Ten.
Sir J H.,onds, nn ..‘bindAy, at East Ba-
sham ; and hi 'ay, at

The liempstooe Hounds, on :11,,,1ay, at Kipton-Ash
Heath ; Wednesday, at Beetley; and Friday, at Emma-
nuel Lodge, Castle Acre—at Eleven.

Mr. H. Villebois's II trriers, on Tuesday, at Marham
Tithe Barn ; and Friday, at Bradenham Green—at Eleven.

The Warwickshire Hounds on Monday, at Compton
Verney; Tuesddy, at Ufcon Wood ; Thursday, at Swaeliffe ;
and Saturday, at Farnborough—at Half-past Ten.
The Marquis of Cleveland's Fox Hounds, on Wednesday,
at Leeming ; Friday, at Thorpe ; and Saturday, at Tan-
field—at Eleven.

The Lambton Fox Hounds, on Tuesday, at Great
Stainton ; Thursday, at Holdfoz th Bridge ; and Saturday,
at Elwick—at Eleven.

H. H. on Tuesday, at Tichborne Down ; Thursday, at
Candover Church ; and Saturday, at Bradley—at Ten.
The Hambleilon Hounds, on Wednesday, at Wickham
Lodge; and Friday, at Upham Pond—at Half-past Ten.
The New Forest Hounds, on Wednesday, at Beaulieu
Manor-house; Thursday, at Rolderwood; and Saturday, at
Lyndhurst Race Course—at Half-past Ten.
The Vine Hounds, on Wednesday, at Paul's Wood ;
and Saturday, at Padworth Round Oak—at Ten.
The Quorn Hounds, on Monday, at Thrumpton; Tues-
day, at Kettleby ; Thursday, at Mowsley ; and Friday, at
Widmerpool Inn—at Half-past Ten.
Lord Anson's Hounds, on Monday, at Bosworth; Wed-
nesday, at Burbage ; Friday, at Lindley; and Saturday,
at Kirkby—at Eleven.
Mr. Meynell's Hounds, on Monday, at Eton Wood;
Thursday, at Bradley; and Saturday, at Loaley Park—
at Half-past Ten.
_ _

The Montgomeryshire Fox Hounds, on Tuesday, at
Guilsfield Village; and Friday, at The Cock, Forden—at
Ten.

The Glossop Harriers, on Monday, at Lees Hall; and
Thursday, at Ludworth Intakes—at Ten.

Mr. Shake's Hounds, on Tuesday, at Muckley Corner;
and Friday, at Corley—at Half-past Ten.
Mr. Foljambe's Fox Hounds, on Monday, at Wickersley
Bar; Tuesday, at Whitwell Common ; Wednesday, at the
Jockey House; and Friday, at Scruoby Bar—at Half-past
Ten.

The Badsworth Fox Hounds, on Tuesday, at Polling_
ton ; Thursday, at Red-house ; and Saturday, at Wooley-
hall—at Half-past Ten.
The Earl of Harewood's Fox Hounds, on Monday, at
North Deighton ; Wednesday, at Hook Moor; and Friday,
at Collinghain Bar—at Ten.

The Cambridgeshire Hounds, on ►Monday, at Hayley
Wood ; and Friday, at Childerley-gate—at Half-past Ten.
Mr. Mures Fox Hounds, Tuesday, at Stowlangtoft
Spinney ; Thursday, at Kennet Bell; and Saturday, at
Bur►ough Green—at Half-past Ten.
Earl Fitzwilliam's Hounds, on Monday, at Ashton
Wold ; Wednesday, at Hammerton Grove; and Thurs-
day, at the Kennel—at Ten.
The Puek,ridge Hounds, on Monday, at GilstQne
Park ; Wednesday, at Peverells ; and Saturday, at Watton
—at Half-past Ten.

The Brighton Harriers on Monday, at Patcham ; Wed-
nesday, at the Race Course ; and Friday, at the Dyke—at
Half-past Tun.
The Brookside Harriers, on Monday, at Newmarket-
Hill ; 'Wednesday, at Aslwombe, the alternate Wednesday
at the Kennel ; and Friday, at Telscombe Tye—at Half-
past Ten.
The Royston Harriers, on Tuesday, at Barkway Toll
Bar ; and Thursday, at the Thrift—at Half-past Ten.
The Doddington Harriers, on Tuesday, at the Kennel;
and Friday, at Lewin's Firs.
The Earith Harriers, on Tuesday, at Dog House Drove
Wilburton ; and Friday, at Swavesey Mill—at Ten.
The Cottesmore Hounds, on Monday, at Pickworth
Town ; Tuesday, at Witchley Warren ; Thursday, at Park
House; and Friday, at Leesthorpe—at a Quarter before
Eleven.

Sir Richard Sutton's Hounds, on Monday, at Folding•.
worth Grange ; Tuesday, at Welton Mill ; Wednesday, at
Brattleby ; Thursday, at Half-way House, on the Newark-
road, and Kenwick-thorn Bar ; and Saturday, at Stapel-
ford Moor—at Eleven.

Lord Yarborough's Hounds, on Monday, at 13radley
Wood; Wednesday, at Kingsforth House; Friday, at Bly-
borough Hall ; and Saturday, at Swallow Cross-roads—
at Eleven. •

Lord Petre's Fox Hounds, on Monday, at Ingatestone-
hall ; Thursday, at Woodhatn ; and Saturday, at Stanford-
-IA-Hope—at Half-past Ten.
The Sonterse,i: c'ubscription Fox Hounds, on Tates-
da, Raleigh's ; and Friday, at Lee Cliffe.
..-*otesm Hounds, on Monday, at Buckland Cross
at Balking-green; and Friday, at Whit-

~ronday, at Limpley Stoke;
,-doesitay, Gstcnrnb , " Christian Malford—

11.1f-pa.tt

The k .oa),, at St. ”e's Hill ;
and Friday, tit 11as1iirv4's Peruin' &t Dem:.
The Woreestersn,._ Hounds, on Tuefisy, at Crow's
Nest ; and Friday, at Cn, • •:t—at Half -past Ten.
Mr. Boycott's Hounds, on .1w1,), 1- at Spittle Brook
and Thursday, at Chillinton—at Ten.
Mr. Dansey's Hounds, on Monday, at IlPbowhiil ;
Thursday, at Englate's.gate ; and Saturday, at Newnham-
turnpike—at Ten.
Ike Shropshire Fox Hounds, on Tuesday, at Chet-
wynd Park; Wednesday, at Uffington Village; and Fri-
day, at the Twemlows—at Half-past Ten.
Sir Richard Pulleston's Hounds, on Monday, at Over-
ton Cross; Wednesday, at Overton Scar ; and Friday, at
—at Eleven.

Mr. Wicksted's Fox Hounds, on Tuesday, at Crewe;
and Friday, at Hankelow—at Half-past Ten.
The Cheshire Hounds, en Monday, at Barr Bridge ;
Wednesday, at Shavington ; Thursday, at Marbury ;
and Saturday, at Wrenbury—at Half-past Ten.
Mr. Jolliffe's Hounds, on Monday, at Platt's-green;
Wednesday, at the Bell, at Outwood ; Thursday, at Nut-
field Marshy; road Saturday, at the Hermitage, Walton
Heath—at Eleven.

The Surrey Fox Hounds, on Monday, at the Half
Moon, Godstone•road ; Thursday, at the White Lion,
Lock's Bottom; and Saturday, at the King's Arms, Wes-
terham—at Half-past '['en.
Mr. Meager's Harriers, on Monday, Wednesday, and
Saturday, at Pet-place, Croham—at Half-past Nine.
The Sanderstead Harriers, on Monday, Wednesday, and
Saturday, at Sanderstead Village—at Ten.

Mr. Drake's Hounds, on Tuesday, at Islip Town End ;
Thursday, at Middleton Toll Bar ; and Saturday, at Traf-
ford Toll Bar—at Half-past Ten.

EXCLUSIVE SOCIETY.—Every one has heard
that in the world of ton there is an epicycle to the interior
of which few indeed are able to gain adinission, though to
do so is the great object of the most ambitious among the
votaries of fashion. The proceedings of those privileged
beings who move in this circle within the circles are, of
course, matters of anxious speculation ; but so rigid are
the prohibitions of the Exclusives that no one has yet
penetrated the mystery in which they shroud themselves.
Like other themes, however, even secrets have their date,
and we are assured that a book is forthcoming from the
pen of a personage of royal rank, the object of which is
to render a full and unreserved display of Ea clusires, male
and female.

GENERAL GARTH.—The late Gen. Tilos.
GARTH, whose death was reported in our Paper of Friday,
and whose name has been lately so much mentioned, died
last Monday at his house in town, aged 85. He was Co-
lonel of the Ist Regiment of Dragoons. This officer,
whose death is here recorded, entered the army on the
12th of August, 1762, as:a Cornet in the Ist Dragoons. He
served in the campaign of 1762, in Germany, in the Allied
army under the command of his Serene Highness Prince
FERDINAND. In 1765 he obtained a Lieutenancy, and in
1775 he was appointed Captain in his regiment. In 1779
he exchanged into the 20th Light Dragoons, and went to
the West Indies; in the intended expedition to the Spanish
Main, which failed, having been anticipated by Lieutenant-
General Sir J. DALLING, Lieutenant-Governor of Jamaica.
In 1792 lie returned to this country, and was reduced to
half-pay with other officers of the 20th Light Dragoons.
In the same year he obtained the Majority of the 2d Dra-
goon Guards ; and in 1794 lie was appointed Lieutenant-
Colonel of the Ist Dragoons, and served in the campaign
of that year in Flanders. lle was present at the greater
part of the actions from the 17th of April, 1794, to the
close of the campaign. Ile was next appointed Colonel
of the Sussex Fencibles, and afterwards, on the death of
Lord FIELDING, to the late 22t1 Light Dragoons, raised
by Earl SHEFFIELD. On the 7th of January, 1801, he
was appointed Colonel of his late regiment, the Ist Dra-
goons. He received the rank of Major-General January
I, 1798, that of Lieutenant-General in 1805, and that of
General the 4th of June, 1814.

THE SIAMESE YOUTHS.

(From the Observer.)

These boys, who are connected together in such
an extraordinary mariner, arrived in London on
Thursday, and they a ill be accessible to visits from
the public next week. In the meat) time, having
seen them, we shall do what we can to enlighten
public curiosity by describing the boys; it can only
be gratified, we presume, by seeing them. They
are two distinct and perfect youths, about IS years
of age, possessing all the faculties arid powers usually
possessed at that period of life, united together by
a short band at the pit of the stomach. On first
seeing them, it may be supposed, so closely are their
si,les together—or rather they over-lap a little—
that there is no interval between them. On exa-
mining them, however, they are found not to touch
each other; the band which connects them being,
at its shortest part, which is the upper and back
part, about two inches long. At the lower front
part this band, which is there soft and fleshy, or
rather like thick soft skin, is about five inches long,
and might be susceptible of extension were it not
fur a thick rope-like cartilaginous substance, which
forms the upper part of the band, and which is not
above three inches long. The band is probably two
inches thick at the upper part, and above an inch at
the lower part. The back part of the band, which
is rounded from a sort of thickening at the places
where it grows from each body, is not se long as the
front part, which is comparatively flat. The breadth
or depth of the band is about four inches. It grows
from the lower and centre part of the breast of each
boy, being a continuation of the cartilaginous ter-
mination of the sternum, or breast bone, accompanied
by muscles and blood-vessels, and enveloped,
like every other portion of the body, with skin,
&c., or what are called the common integuments,
At present this band is not very flexible, and there
is reason to believe that the cartilaginous substance
of the upper part is becoming gradually harder, or
approaching the condition of bone. From the nature
of the band, and the manner in which it grows from
each boy, it is impossible that they should be in any
other position in relation to each other, but side by
side like soldiers, or coming rip a little to front
each other. Their arms and legs are perfectly free
to move. There is no connexion between them but
this band, and their proximity seems in no way to
inconvenience either; each of them, whether stand-
ing, sitting, or movieg, generally has his arm round
the neck or waist of the other ; arid when this is the
case, you observe that they are perfectly well formed
and straight. When they take the arm from this
position, so close are they kept together that their
shoulders cannot be held straight ; and the near
shoulder of each being obliged to be held down or
up to allow them room to stand, gives them the
appearance of being deformed; but two straighter
or more flexible bodies can scarcely be seen. In
their ordinary motions they resemble two persons
waltzing more than any thing else we know of. In
a room they seem to roll about, as it were, but
when they walk to any distance, they proceed
straight forward with a gait like other people. As
they rose up or sat down, or stooped, their move-
ments reminded us occasionally of two playful kit-
tens with their legs roun-I each other; they were,
though strange, not ungraceful, and without the ap-
pearance of restraint and irksomeness. The average
height of their countrymen is less than that of Eu-
ropeans, and they seem rather short for their age,
even judging them by their own standard. They
are much shorter than the ordinary run of youths
n this country at eighteen years of age, and
are both of the same height. In personal ap-
pearance there is, indeed, such a striking resem-
blance between them, that except from position, it
is difficult to distinguish one from the other. In
the colour of their skin, in the form of the nose,
lips and eyes, they resemble the Chinese, whom our
readers may probably have seen occasionally about
the streets of London, but they have not that broad
and fiat face which is characteristic of the Mingol
race. Their foreheads are higher and narrower
than those of the majority of their countrymen. The
expression of their countenance is cheerful and
pleasing rather than otherwise, and they seem much
delighted with any attention paid to them. Their
appearance betokens perfect health. To their friends
and attendants, and to each other, they are said to
be much attached. They read the countenance of
the visitor readily, and are easily affronted with any
expression of pride or contempt. They have not
learnt, we believe, any manual art beyond rowing a
boat, but they can run and jump, and climb cracks
and rigging with great facility. They are dressed
in a short loose green jacket and trowsers, the cos-
tume of their country, which is very convenient,
arid allows the utmost freedom of motion, but does
not s ieA, the form of the boys to advantage.—
Almost all s deviations as this from the usual
forces of nature ac Tensive, but there is nothing
in the appcirarv.se of thee boys to excite a
tinpieasant emotion. Nith their arms
twit, rounid each ether, -et they head doers:
or move ,_bent. they 10, like- a group of
statuary. It ha.. star char never speak
to each other, but this istake though, as they
appear to have a means of rantnin:ication more rapid
than by words, we cannot be that they do
not use their tongues as readily as accomptisnen
ladies. They constitute, we believe, the most re-
markable specimen ever yet known, of two human
bodies, perfect in all their parts, having all their
animal functions separate and distinct; all the powers
of locomotion, and all the faculties of each belonging
to himself; in short, of two separate persons united
and bound together by an inseparable link. They
have thus grown up almost to manhood, and there
is at present no reason why they may not live as long
as the average duration of human life. We see no-
thing, even in their formation, why they should not
be able to practice several of the arts of life. In
their own country they are said to have caught fish,
and probably thus to have supplied themselves with
sufficient food. They are very strong, and in our
presence lifted a gentleman of considerable weight
with great ease. Strange as is their confirmation,
and helpless as they night appear, they are thus
found to possess all the means of providing for them-
selves. Without being in the least disgusting or
unpleasant, like almost all monstrosities, these youths
are certainly one of the most extraordinary freaks of
nature that has ever been witnessed.

A great many curious questions arise on contem-
plating these youths. Those connected with the
science of anatomy, relating to the structure of the
connecting band, and how it is kept alive, whether
blood lows into and circulates through it from
each, and passes into the system of the other,
whether it be composed of bone or cartilage, whe-
ther it could be safely divided or not—though the
boys, it seems, do not hear with satisfaction of a
separation—with many similar curious questions,
time only can solve, and these we must leave to
the examination of the faculty. Those questions
connected with the minds of the two youths are
perhaps of equal importance, and they can only be
settled by continued observations. If the mind de-
pend, as is most generally supposed, on the living
body, there can be no doubt but each of these
bodies must have a mind of its own. If the mind
be something distinct from the body, and depend
not on it—if it be, as some philosophers say, the
result of external circumstances, the only difference
between men's minds being caused by the different
circumstances to which they are exposed—then, as
the circumstances in which these boys have lived
have always been precisely the same, their minds
may be one and the same; at least, these two
bodies, always united, will supply the best means
of setting at rest the question now agitated between
Mr. Owen and his disciples, and a more ancient
school of philosophers. From the reports of Capt.
Coffin and his companions, the boys seem affected
by the same passions, to resent the same insults,
and to be grateful when either receives a benefit.
They are affected also, to a certain extent, by the
same pains. A short time ago one of them had a
tooth-ache, and the other was observed to be at
.th.e
same time restless and uneasy ; but though thus slim-

lady affected,it is obvious that no nal sway
them both ; both have a separate power of v•iltin-
tary motion ; but they are so accustomed to move in
unison, that the slightest indication of a wish seems
o operate on them both, and they move as if they
t.
had but one will.
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ground
con-
trol, or schoolmaster's tuition, would always be as
amen influenced by the will of one as of the other;
and the inconvenience of pulling contrary ways
would be so continually in operation admonishing
them by the pain they suffered not to do so, that
they necessarily came always to move together.—
Continued practice, we know, makes a whole regi-
ment of soldiers lift their legs together and take steps
of the same length, moving as if one will—that of
the commander—directed all their legs; and on the
same principle, these two boys, lurvihg each a sepa-
rate will, move in unison, without ever Oiling, like
two dogs tied together for the first time, flt;trary
ways. From being continually united, of cceise
they have formed the same habits, and the samli
objects strike their senses at the same time. They
are not, on this account, subject to many diferent
motives. Thus they always, on the principle of
habit, eat and drink at the same time, and they
always go to sleep at the same time. Indeed it Ist
said that they are so sensible on this point that tiiipit
cannot be awakened without rousing the other.—;
The cause of sleep, familiar as is the practice to
mankind, is not yet accurately known, and this pe-
culiarity in the two Siamese youths may lead to a
satisfactory explanation of it. These are among
the curious phenomena which, while they are living,
these boys may enable an accurate observer to solve,
but some curious anatomical questions can only be
decided at their death.

These youths express much disappointment at
London; the weather having been foggy, they say
it is all night, and on their arrival on Thursday in-
sisted upon going to bed about the middle of the
day. On reaching their bed-room, the chamber.
maid tapped their heads, and told them they should
be her sweethearts, at which they laughed, and in a
playful and boyish manner they at one and the same
rime kissed each side of her cheek. On being joen.
lady told of this, they said it was Mary that wanted
to have them for a sweetheart, not they that
wanted to have Mary. They always appear to
have a smile on their faces, and are remarkal,ly
cheerful and merry. Talking about separating them
gives them great pain ; the idea seems to them to
be too horrible to be entertained. The persons in
whose care they are appear to be respectable well-
informed people, and the boys seem particularly at-
tached to them. Mr. Robert Hunter, who first dis-
covered them fishing on the banks of the Siam
River, visited them yesterday morning. The de-
ight of the boys when he came into the room was
unbounded. We understand their father is dead.—
Their mother readily acceded to ther being brought
to Europe, as she considered it would be bettering
their condition. She accompanied them on board
the ship; and, as it was not going to sail for a week,
she was invited to remain on board; but she de-
clined, observing that she might as well part with
them then as a few days hence.
The following is a report from Dr. Samuel
L. Mitchell and Dr. Wm. Anderson, of New York,
gentlemen distinguished for scientific research in na-
rural history and human anatomy, upon the subject
of the Siamese children at present exhibited at the
Masonic-hall

" NEW TORK, sErr. 24, 1829.
" To CAPTAIN COFFIN.

" Dear Sir,—ln accordance with your request,
we have the pleasure to communicate the observa-
tions made at our visit this day to the Siamese youths.
'' We find them connected to each other by a
band extending from the pit of the stomach of each,
made up in the following manner ;
" The xiphoid cartilage, proceeding from the
lower part of their two breast-bones, is contitluous,
and forms a hard elastic upper edge to the band that
joins these boys. This cartilaginous structure is
concave at its upper part, becoming the upper boun-
dary of a canal in the band, that communicates With
the abdominal cavities of both children ; from which
the canal is necessarily lined by the continued mem-
brane, and the whole is covered by common integu-
ments or skin. Thus the band is constituted ; is
from four to six inches in length, and about two in
thickness, is rounded at its upper part, and sharp at
its under edge, having midway at this part a cica-
tion or scar, showing where was connected the single
navel-string or umbilicus, which alone nourished
these two children before birth.

" Into the canal of this almost cylindrical band
there is a protrusion of the viscera from the abdo-
men of each boy, upon every effort of coughing or
other exercise; and this protrusion may be of intes-
tine, liver, stomach, or spleen, as either of these
parts should respectively n_ regent to the openings.
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" There can be no doubt but that if these boys
were separated by the knife, and this band cut
across at any part, a large opening ‘vould be made
into the belly of each, that would expose them to
enormous hernial protrusions and inflammations that
would certainly prove fatal.
" We have understood the mother to have noted
a very curious fact, worthy the attention of ac-
coucheurs, that, when they were born, the head of
one was covered or encased by the lower extremities
of the other, and thus they made the easiest pos-
sible entrance into the world.

" They are so perfectly satisfied with their con-
dition, that nothing renders them so unhappy as the
fear of a separation by any surgical operation e the
very mention of it causes immediate weeping.
" Indeed, there is good reason for this uneasi-
ness; for, as stated above, according to our judg-
ment, there would be the most extreme hazard in
any such attempt, and even after cut asunder, they
would experience much diminution of enjoyment..
But it has been urged by many that they ought to
be disconnected. We think such an opinion is in-
correct. It cannot, consistent with our principles
and usages, be done without their consent. To this
they are totally opposed; and as they are under the
protection of a kind and benevolent gentleman, we
know you will take good care of them, and if they
live return them to their homes again.
" As they are so alert and vigorous, we readily
coincide that in ten seconds they can lay a stout.
ordinary man on his back.'
" We are, dear Sir, your most obedient servants,
" SAMUEL L. MITCHELL,
" WILLIAM ANDERSON."

The Siatnece youths were removed on Saturday
evening, from the North and South American Coffee-
house, to a residence in the neighbourhood of the Re-
gent's-park, where they will breathe a purer air than
the city. It is intended to exhibit them very
shortly at the Egyptian-hall, Piccadilly.

Dr. STONEHOUSE, when he entered into holy
orders, took occasion to profit by his acquaintance with
GARRICK to procure from him some valuable instructions
in elocution. Being once engaged to read prayers in the
City, he prevailed upon GARRICK to go with him. After
the service GARRICK asked the Doctor what particular
business he bad to do when the duty was over?—" None,"
said the Doctor. "I thought you bad," replied GAnsdcx,
" on seeing you enter the reading-desk in such a hurry.
Nothing can be more indecent than to see a Clergyman set
ebout sacred business as if he were a tradesman, and go
into the church as if he wanted to get out of it as soon
as possible." He next asked the Doctor what books he
bad in the desk before him ?—" Only the Bible and
Prayer-book." " Only the Bible and Prayer-book ! Why
you tossed them backwards and forwards, and turned the
leaves, as carelessly as if they %vete those of a day-book
and ledger."