... the sweep, and then you willhave to climb up the chimney." When the dust-sheets laid on the floors announced the advent of the sweeps, Iused, if possible, to hide until they had left the ... with their dustpansand brushes as they sang some popular ditty. They then collected money from the passers-by, making usuallyquite a good haul. There were dozens of these "Jacks-in- the- green" ... of their superfluous energy in this way. Inhonour of the occasion, the midshipmen had extracted their best white flannels from their chests, and theyproceeded to array themselves in these. The...