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farm-house at Fenbam, where the good-wife wrapped me in 

 blankets and acted as a veritable good Samaritan. As a 

 warning to brother sportsmen, I would urgently advise never 

 to go out punting without having observed the barometer 

 before starting. I afterwards found that the glass that 

 morning had stood at 28° 40' (sea level) — a suflScient warning 

 of the impending hurricane." 



