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Grey River Argus, Volume X, Issue 786, 31 January 1871, Page 4

roused up the occupants of the stretcher nearest the window, because there was a window near the bed he had left, and he wanted to know " the reason why he had jumped his bunk." The person then I disturbed resented the intrusion in a rather unexpected manner ; he jumped up and tackled his assailant most vigorously and scientifically. They struggled for some time about the room, to the terror and consternatiou of the rest of the half-wakened inmates, who thought the house was on fire, or that the world was coming to an end, and eventually the combatants disappeared through the trap door and down the ladder, which served as a staircase, into the diningroom below, on the top of another batch of weary litigants, who were packed like herrings in a barrel along the floor. Lights were obtained, explanations were effered, and order was at length restored, but the marks of the scuffle will be visible on the countenances of the belligerants for many a day. The mosquitos and sandnys. are terrible pests alung the banks of the Inangahua during the present sultry weather, and as a consequence a good plunge into the river in the early morning has become quite fashionable. There was one crusty and matter of fact " old buffer." among the visitors to Christie's, at the last Court, who was of opinion that an early breakfast would be more beneficial, after spending a night of warfare with the mosquitos, than an early header into the rive. Accordingly he came down one morning in bad humor, and seeing no sign of breakfast, he inquired the reason. Be wf.s informed that Mr — — and Mr — - were gone to bathe, and that the tahle would be laid when they returned. He bore the disappointment with the best grace he could assume, and sat down hypocritically pretending to be deeply engaged in the contents of the Westport Times. An honr passed away, and nobody returned from the river, when, losing all patience, he roared out, " Waiter, oblige me by going to see what has become of those fellows ; they are all drowned, or else they must have been d — -m dirty to require so much washing."