[From Mayhew's Comic Almanac.] AN INVITATION TO THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.

I have found out a gig-gig-gift for my fuf-fuf——fair, I have found where the rattle-snakes bub-bub——breed. Won't you c-c-c-come, and I'll show you the bub-bub——bear, And the lions and tit-tit——tigers at fuf-fuf-fuf——feed. I know where c-c-c-co——cockatoo's song Makes mum-mum-mum——melody through the sweet vale; Where the m——monkeys gig-gig——grin all the day long, Or gracefully swing by the tit-tit-tit-tit——tail. You shall pip-pip——play, dear, some did-did——delicate joke, With the bub-bub——bear on the tit-tit——top of his pip-pip-pip——pole; But observe, 'tis for-for-for——bidden to pip-pip——poke At the bub-bub——bear with your pip-pip——pink pip-pip-pip-pip——parasol.

You shall see the huge elephant pip-pip-pip——play; You shall gig-gig-gaze on the stit-tit——ately racoon, And then, did-did——dear, together we'll stray, To the cage of the bub-bub——blue fuf-fuf-fac'd bab-bab-bab——boon. You wish'd (I r-r-r——remember it well, And I l-l-l-lov'd you the m-m-more for the wish) To witness the bub-bub-bub——beautiful pip-pip——pel- ican swallow the l-l-live l-l-l-little fuf-fuf——fish.

Then c-c-ome, did-did-dearest, n-n-n-never say "nun-nun-nun-nun——nay;" I'll tit-tit-treat you, my love, to a "bub-bub-bub——buss," 'Tis but thrup-pip-pip-pip——pence a pip-pip——piece all the way, To see the hip-pip-pip—(I beg your pardon)— To see the hip-pip-pip-pip—(ahem!) The hip-pip-pip-pip——pop-pop-pop-pop—(I mean) The hip-po-po-po—(dear me, love, you know) The hippo-pot-pot-pot——('pon my word I'm quite ashamed of myself). The hip-pip-pop——the hip-po-pot. To see the Hippop——potamus.