HERE is one astonishing thing about 

 Whitooweek which can scarcely be 

 called a habit, but which is probably the 

 discovery of one or two rare individuals 

 here and there more original than their fel- 

 lows. Like the eider-ducks and the bear 

 and the beaver, Whitooweek sometimes uses 

 a rude kind of surgery for binding up his 



