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was mad, you bet ! and the languidge he used was something horrid 

 and awful, although there were lots of the quality ladies looking 

 on ; but the men only laughed, for they knew he was a brave man, 

 and a tiptop sportsman, and could not help a bit of a short temper 



THE SALMON POOL WRAPPED IN WINTER SLE^P. 



and swear words at a time like this. " Ride over the black devils ! 

 ride over the sons of Belial ! ride over them ! " he roared out over and 

 over until he fairly got black in the face, they say, while the coloured 

 boys got out of the way of the guns at best they could/ 



