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log under the end of the trough, and as fast as the water 

 flowed m at one end it flowed out at the other! He 

 seemed greatly pleased to see me, probably thinking I 



THE SKELETONS OF HIS ANCESTORS. 



could solve his difficulty ; but I preferred to stand by and 

 see him get out of it as best he could by himself. After 

 several attempts to fill the inclined trough, and an equal 

 number of pauses for reflection and grunting, he had an 



