Punch,  35 (1858), 106.

Travelling Directions

Anon

Genre:

Notes, Drollery

Subjects:

Navigation, Magnetism, Race


    Suggests that a Scotsman is like a compass needle in that he is an 'infallible' point to steer by and always 'goes South' as much as the needle 'goes North'. Observes: 'He is the magnetic attraction reversed'.



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