PUZZLED THE PORTUGUESE.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XVIII, Issue 1060, 30 June 1910, Page 23

PUZZLED THE PORTUGUESE.

In the intensely hot climate prevalent at Delagoa Bay the usual wear of the male population is a thin, soft shirt and white “duck” trousers. In the cool of the evening a weary English “ink-slinger” entered the principal drug store of Lourenco Marques and inquired:—

“Have you got anything for getting ink out of ducks?”

,The courteous Portuguese assistant smiled blandly. “No,” said he; “but we have an excellent preparation for making hens lay.”