The bout was Jumbo's, and he retired to his corner with a heart much lighter.

The post office was at one end of the town, bout half mile was the church down at the other end.

where 'bouts is thy victory?'" "What!

[Footnote 7: A wassail-bout is a drinking bout, or carouse.

All dey think' bout is drinkin' hard likker, goin' to dance halls, an' a-ridin' in a old rattle trap car.

With bowl that sped from hand to hand, The gladdest of the gladsome band, 370 Amid their own delight and fun, They hearwhen every dance is done, When every whirling bout is o'er The fiddle's squeak

From the beginning of the eighteenth century Russia repeatedly made war on Turkey, either with or without the co-operation of Austria; but the decisive bout in the struggle was the war of 1769-74.