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have done, being as thoroughly tied up by these 

 confounded creepers as ever was one of the Daven- 

 port brothers supposed to be, when knotted up by 

 a knowing old "salt." Convinced that the clanger 

 was over, and that the hog had passed on, I slewed 

 myself round to find how it had fared with 

 u Chummy." I was scarcely in a laughing humour 

 at the time, for I deemed that I had had a very 

 narrow escape from getting ripped ; still, I could not 

 suppress a giggle on witnessing what I saw, for my 

 friend was hanging by his hands to a bough, with 

 his knees as near to his chin as his knowledge of 

 gymnastics enabled him to bring them, while his 

 countenance bore an expression of extreme disgust 

 at being forced into the performance of such violent 

 exercise, and by compulsion occupying such an un- 

 dignified position. Beyond my companion, but near 

 at hand, was one of the darkies, perched on the top 

 of a big bush, and, further on, the other one, fleeing, 

 evidently in search of a similar sanctuary. Tableau : 

 Five good men and true routed by a wartz-hog. 



" Why didn't you shoot him ? " exclaimed Chummy 

 to me, as he straightened himself, and then dropped to 

 the ground. 



