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fat, and kick. Klale, the Humorous, kicks playfully, 

 elongating in preparatory gymnastics. Gubbins, the 

 average horse, kicks calmly at his saddler, merely as a 

 protest. Antipodes, the spiteful Blunderer, kicks in 

 a revolutionary manner, rolls under his pack-saddle, 

 and will not budge without maltreatment. Ill-edu- 

 cated Antipodes views mankind only as excoriators 

 of his back, and general flagellants. Klickitats kept 

 him raw in flesh and temper ; under me his physical 

 condition improves ; his character is not yet affected. 

 Before sunrise we quitted the house of Sowee. 



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