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drew up tlie net, iu "which were flapping about thirty- 

 two tunnies of various sizes. The blacks are very 

 ready at all kinds of sport, but they seldom invent 

 anything new. The plan of seizing the tunnies by 

 the tail and throwing them to the bottom of the boat 

 Mas exactly the same as that followed at Marseilles. 



Some of the fish measured at least a yard and a 

 half in length. According to custom, they were all 

 taken to Savannah market, except four, which were 

 reserved for the master's house, and I can assure the 

 reader that on tasting the fish, as dressed by my 

 host's cook, with a sauce au gumbo, it seemed to me 

 one of the most delicious dishes I ever partook of in 

 my life. 



During the first week of my residence at Winyan 

 Bay, I made the acquaintance of the two charming 

 young men to whom Peppina and Rosita were 

 betrothed, a circumstance which may perhaps 

 account for the fact that I am still a bachelor. 

 Joking apart, however, every medal has its reverses. 

 A month of pleasure passed by — too short, alas ! — 

 the hour of return arrived, and one morning I found 

 myself once more on the railroad being whirled back 

 again to New York, deeply regretting the necessity 

 which compelled me to quit such amiable friends. 



