140 KONDUL AND GREAT NICOBAR 



The style of their garments must be held to excuse the absence 

 of that quality in their rowing, for each man's stroke was a thing 

 to itself, as he painstakingly illustrated the famous maxim of Mr 

 Charles Bouncer, " Dig your oar in deep, and pull it out with a 

 jerk ! " Perseverance and a devious course brought them to their 

 goal ; but we retired to sleep with dubious opinions as to their safe 

 return. 



