" Do you ever dream ?" asked Frank. " Not very often," replied Hopkins, " only after curried lobster or crab, or something of that sort. lam a very sound sleeper." "'Then you see, if you can't dream with out the assistance of indigestible food, you can't imagine, and I, with every wish to en courage incipient talent, should advise you not to adopt the professon of an artist." " Well, well," said Hopkins, ■' Let us say no more about it," and he sighed again. But we were not inclined to let him off so easily, and went on in the same vein, till we were weary, and tossed him and his aspirat ions about between us like a ball. We treat ed huh very badly, and he must have been, the best tempered, or the thickest skinned of men, to have stood it without showing anger. Tired at last ol baiting our imperturbable friend we turned to other topics.
Third — The time zero to coincide with the initial or prime meridian, to be common to all nations for computing terrestrial longitude. Fourth— .The time zero and prime meridian of the world to be established with the con currence of civilised nations generally.
Fifth — For the purpose of regulating time everywhere it is proposed that the unit meas ure, determined as above, shall be divided into 24 equal parts, and- that these parts shall be defined by standard time meridians establish ed around the globe, 1$ degrees of longitude, or one hour distant from each other.
