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silent and still, but the otter does not reach 

 them just yet, for he has taken refuge in a 

 small holt, from which he is speedily evicted, 

 and was momentarily viewed making for his 

 former quarters a stronghold he appears 

 loth to quit. " Jim's " services were again 

 called into requisition, and exclaiming in dog 

 Latin, of course " Ecce iterum" or "Here 

 we are again," requested the varmint to 

 "clear out of that," which it did expedi- 

 tiously. The whole pack winded him, and 

 with a joyful merry chorus swam the line 

 down the pool. Again the cry, " Look out 

 below ! " rings out. I must here explain 

 that just above the Weir, on the right bank, 

 is the flood-gate of a small stream or brook 

 connecting the canal with the river. At this 

 point Arthur stands patiently waiting. A 

 minute passes two three, and then his 

 watchful eye notes the chain approaching, 

 and almost as quick as thought a large otter 



