AND OTHKR HUNTING ADVENTURES. 



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fool to act thus, and that if he really wanted to 

 appear smarter even than his fellows, the best way 

 to do it was to make use of the education he had 

 whenever he could make himself more useful and 

 agreeable by so doing. I saw by the way he changed 

 countenance that he understood every word I said, 

 though he still remained obstinate. On several 

 occasions, however, I suddenly fired some short, 

 sharp question at him when he was not expecting it, 

 and before stopping to think he would answer in 

 good English. 



