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the sea to swim their toy boats, which they con- 

 struct very neatly, in the shallow pools left by 

 the retreating tide. My dog as usual ran up to 

 them and barked, and one of the boys, although 

 he perfectly well knew the dog was harmless, 

 raised his stick and struck him across the back. 

 I ran up, asking him how he dared strike a 

 m'lunga's (" white person's") dog, when he actu- 

 ally struck at the dog a second time. I then 

 naturally made for that boy, but he took to his 

 heels, so I sent my boy Jack to run after him 

 and bring him back to me. He was so frightened 

 when he found he was followed that he leapt 

 over some bushes growing on the side of the 

 cliff, instead of following the regular winding 

 path, and in so doing broke his foot. I should 

 have pitied him very much, but he immediately 

 began to tell lie upon lie to his people, declaring 

 that he never struck the dog, and that Jack set 

 the dog on to bite him. Of course I soon had 

 the truth explained, and afterwards the boy 

 confessed. 



For some time after I was afraid my dog 



