JUMBO-JOCKO AND THE COCKEKRICOS. 77 



That was a day of disaster, and I should have ac- 

 cepted the downpour of rain, coming as it did so un- 

 expectedly and unwarrantably, as an omen of ill luck, 

 and have returned to my house at once. But I did 

 not wish to retire from the field so early in the day, 



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The Cockerrico. 



and though a long distance away, farther than I had 

 wandered before, I took advantage of whatever lulls 

 there were in the storm to push my way yet farther 

 into the forest. 



With head bent over to avoid the rain as much as 



