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opening in the water being about sixty feet, 

 the result was that when he had in this way 

 overhauled his net he had reached the end of 

 the rope attached to the other side. When 

 the fish were secured, all Papanekis had to 

 do to reset the net was to throw some of it 

 out in the right position in the stream. 

 Here the force of the running waters soon 

 carried the whole net down into the open 

 place as far as the two ropes fastened on the 

 shores would permit. Papanekis, after 

 placing the best fish in his basket for con- 

 sumption in the mission house, and for his 

 own family, divided what was left among 

 the eager dogs that had accompanied him. 

 This work went on for several days, and the 

 supply of fish continued to increase, much 

 to our satisfaction. 



One day Papanekis came into my study 

 in a state of great perturbation. He was 

 generally such a quiet, stoical sort of an In- 

 dian that I was at once attracted by his 

 mental disquietude. On asking the reason 

 why he was so troubled, he at once blurted 

 out: 



" Master, there is some strange animal 

 visiting our net ! " 



In answer to my request for particulars. 



