Salmagundi; or, The whim-whams and opinions of Launcelot Langstaff, esq. [pseud.] and others. By William Irving, James Kirke Paulding and Washington Irving. Printed from the original ed., with a preface and notes by Evert A. Duyckinck.

JEREMY COCKLOFT. 73
elusion, as almost equal in argument to the pulley, the wedge,
and the lever, in mechanics. In fact, my cousin Cockloft was
once nearly annihilated with astonishment, on hearing Jeremy
trace the derivation of Mango from Jeremiah King;-as Jeremiah King, Jerry King! Jerking, Girkin! cucumber, Mango!
In short, had Jeremy been a student at Oxford or Cambridge,
he would, in all probability, been promoted to the dignity of a
senior wrangler. By this sketch I mean no disparagement to
the abilities of other students of our college, for I have no doubt
that every commencement ushers into society luminaries full as
brilliant as Jeremy Cockloft the younger.
Having made a very pretty speech on graduating, to a numerous assemblage of old folks and young ladies, who all declared
that he was a very fine young man, and made very handsome
gestures, Jeremy was seized with a great desire to see, or rather
to be seen by the world; and as his father was anxious to give
him every possible advantage, it was determined Jeremy should
visit foreign parts. In consequence of this resolution, he has
spent a matter of three or four months in visiting strange places;
and in the course of his travels has tarried some few days at the
splendid metropolis' of Albany and Philadelphia.
Jeremy has travelled as every modern man of sense should do;
that is, he judges of things by the sample next at hand; if he
has ever any doubt on a subject, always decides against the
city where he happens to sojourn; and invariably takes home, as
the standard by which to direct his judgment.
Going into his room the other day, when he happened to be
absent, I found a manuscript volume lying on his table; and
was overjoyed to find it contained notes and hints for a book of
travels which he intends publishing. He seems to have taken
a late fashionable travel-monger for his model, and I have no
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