66 A BAD CHARACTER. 



murderous jaws, shed out his life in a few seconds. 

 The poor victim shot his feeble column of ink, and 

 sank white and motionless to the bottom, as soon as 

 the ferocious grasp was loosened. The indictment 

 which old ^lian brings against the whole race, that 

 they are gluttonous (" terrible fellows for their belly " 

 — decvoX Kara KoiXiav — is his phrase) and murderous^ 

 is, I am afraid, after all, not far from the truth. 



