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they seldom fail to tear and bite one of their comrades. 

 Poor ' Barabbas ' is almost frightened out of his wits. 



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He stays on board now, and dares not venture on the 

 ice, because he knows the other monsters would set on 

 him. There is not a trace of chivalry about these curs. 

 When there is a fight, the whole pack rush like wild 



DOGS CHAINED ON THE ICE. 



beasts on the loser. But is it not, perhaps, the law ot 

 nature that the strong, and not the weak, should be 

 protected ? Have not we human beings, perhaps, been 

 trying to turn nature topsy-turvy by protecting and doing 

 our best to keep life in all the weak ? 



" The ice is restless, and has pressed a good deal 



