While the storm-stayed show was in the vicinity the villages suffered from an invasion of these dogs.

Nothing told more truly the dreadful tale of the showman's life in winter.

Sam'l Mann's was a big show, and half a dozen smaller ones, most of which were familiar to us, crawled in its wake.

Others heard of its whereabouts and came in from distant parts.

There was the well-known Gubbins with his "A' the World in a Box:" a halfpenny peepshow, in which all the world was represented by Joseph and his Brethren (with pit and coat), the bombardment of Copenhagen, the Battle of the Nile, Daniel in the Den of Lions, and Mount Etna in eruption.
"Aunt Maggy's Whirligig" could be enjoyed on payment of an old pair of boots, a collection of rags, or the like.