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stick, and, in company with my brother, three friends, 

 and my informant, we started to revenge Merriman. 

 Perewelle is twelve miles from my house across coun- 

 try : it was six p.m. when we started, and we arrived at 

 a village within two miles of this nest of villains at half- 

 past eight. Here we got further information, and a 

 man who volunteered to point out three men who were 

 the principal actors in murdering the dog. We slept 

 at this village, and, rising at four o'clock on the follow- 

 ing morning, we marched toward Perewelle to surprise 

 the village and capture the offenders. 



It was bright moonlight, and we arrived at the village 

 just at break of day. The house was pointed out in 

 which the villains lived, and we immediately sur- 

 rounded it, and upon entering we seized the offenders. 

 Upon searching the house we found a quantity 

 of dried venison, a spear and an axe, covered with 

 blood, with which they had destroyed the unfortunate 

 dog. 



A glorious satisfaction is the law of might ! At every 

 blow I thought of the dog's death, and we thrashed them 

 till we dared not go much farther. The whole village, 

 which comprised neai'ly a hundred persons, took to 

 flight, according to their usual cowardly nature. The 

 captured wretches declared their innocence, and they 

 lay down pretending to be at the point of death. Tak- 

 ing a fine gutta percha whip, I flogged them till they 

 revived again ; and we forced them to lead the way 

 and point out the very spot of the elk's death. They 

 would not confess the dog's murder, although it was 

 proved against them. 



It was a frightful spot, about two hundred paces 

 below the foot of the great fall. The river, swollen by 

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