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" The dog, you see, sir, had got a kennel for himself ; the 

 pig had nothing of the sort. We did not think he needed 

 one ; but he had notions of his own upon that matter. 

 Why should Toby be better housed than he ? Well, sir, 

 he had somehow got it into his head that possession is nine 

 points of the law ; and, though Toby tried to show him the 

 rights of the question, he was so pig-headed that he either 

 would not or could not understand. So every night it 

 came to be catch-as-catch-can.' If the dog got in first, he 

 showed his teeth, and the other had to lie under the boat, 

 or on the softest plank he could find ; if the pig was 

 found in possession, the dog could not turn him out, but 

 looked out for his revenge next time. 



3. " One evening it had been blowing hard all day, 

 and I had just ordered close-reefed topsails, for the gale 

 was increasing, and there was a good deal of sea running, 

 and it was coming on to be wet the pig was slipping 

 and tumbling about the decks, for the ship lay over so 

 much with the breeze that he could not keep his hoofs. 

 At last he thought he would secure his berth for the night, 

 though it wanted a good bit of dusk. But lo ! Toby had 

 been of the same mind, and there he was safely housed. 

 ( Umph ! umph ! ? says piggy, as he turned and looked up 

 at the sky to windward ; but Toby did not oiler to move. 

 Presently he trudges off to the lee-scuppers, where the 

 tin plate was lying from which they ate their cold pota- 

 toes. Pig takes up the plate in his mouth, and carries it 

 to a part of the deck where the dog could see it, but some 

 way from the kennel, then, turning his tail toward the 

 dog, he begins to act as if he was eating out of the plate, 

 making it rattle, and munching with his mouth pretty 

 loud. 



4. "'What!' thinks Toby, 'has piggy got victuals 

 there ? ' and he pricked up his ears, and looked toward 



