_ What is a haven?
_A._ A commodious harbour, where people lie at anchor in perfect security,
as _The Queen's Bench,--The Fleet_, the sight of which is
[Illustration: ENOUGH TO TURN ONE'S HEAD.]
_Q._ What is a strait?
_A._ A strait is a narrow passage which connects two broad principles as
_Wakley's Straits_, which join Radicalism and Conservatism.
_Q._ What is a lake?
_A._ A lake is any small portion of Honesty, entirely surrounded by Self,
as _Peel's Politics_.
_Q._ What is a river?
_A._ A river is a Tax-stream which rises from the Treasury, and runs into
the pockets of the Ministerial party. The People are _the source_ of the
stream--the Ministry is _the mouth_. When the mouth is very wide, it is
called a _Tory mouth_. The _right_ or _left_ banks of a Tax stream are the
_Treasury_ or _Opposition benches_, to the right or left of the Speaker
when he has his back to the source.
_Q._ How are tax streams divided?
_A._ Into _salaries_ and _pensions_.
_Q._ What is _a conflux_?
_A._ Any place where two or more salaries or pensions are united, as The
Duke's breeches-pocket.
_Q._ Is there any other peculiarity attending a tax stream?
_A.
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