How distinct are these rustics from those whom we have just been examining! They hang about the purlieus of the metro- polis : Brook green, Epsom, Greenwich, Ascot, Goodwood, are their haunts. They visit London professionally once a year, and that is at the time of Bartholomew fair. How one may speculate upon the different degrees of rascality, as exhibited in each face of the thimblerigging trio, and form little histories for these worthies, charming Newgate romances, such as have been of late the fashion! Is any man so blind that he cannot see the exact face that is writhing under the thimblerigged hero's hat ? Like Timanthes of old, our artist expresses great passions with- out the aid of the human countenance. Here is another specimen --
