say？-whynot？-agaming-house，whereIsawpeopleplaying，andwhereIsawFrancisArdryplayandlosefiveguineas，andwhereI
lostnothing，becauseIdidnotplay，thoughIfeltsomewhatinclined；foramanwithawhitehatandasparklingeyeheldupaboxwhichcontainedsomethingwhichrattled，andaskedmetoflingthebones。’Thereisnothinglikeflingingthebones!’saidhe，andthenIthoughtIshouldliketoknowwhatkindofthingflingingtheboneswas；I，however，restrainedmyself。’Thereisnothinglikeflingingthebones!’shoutedtheman，asmyfriendandmyselflefttheroom。
LonglifeandprosperitytoFrancisArdry!butforhimIshouldnothaveobtainedknowledgewhichIdidofthestrangeandeccentricplacesofLondon。Someoftheplacestowhichhetookmewereverystrangeplacesindeed；but，howeverstrangetheplaceswere，I
observedthattheinhabitantsthoughttherewerenoplacesliketheirseveralplaces，andnooccupationsliketheirseveraloccupations；andamongotherstrangeplacestowhichFrancisArdryconductedmewasaplacenotfarfromtheabbeychurchofWestminster。
Beforeweenteredthisplaceourearsweregreetedbyaconfusedhubbubofhumanvoices，squealingofrats，barkingofdogs，andthecriesofvariousotheranimals。Herewebeheldakindofcock-pit，aroundwhichagreatmanypeople，seemingofallranks，butchieflyofthelower，weregathered，andinitwesawadogdestroyagreatmanyratsinaverysmallperiod；andwhenthedoghaddestroyedtherats，wesawafightbetweenadogandabear，thenafightbetweentwodogs，then……