270 THE HIVE OF THE BEE-HUNTER. 
“And, Squire, am I to understand that thar ain’t 
no laws in Louisiana on cock-fighting ?” 
“ You are.” 
‘And am I to understand that you call yourself a 
"Squire, and that you don’t know any thing about cock- 
fighting ?” 
“You are.” 
The astonishment of the boatman at this reply for a 
moment was unbounded, and then suddenly ceased; the 
awe with which he looked upon “the ’Squire” also 
ceased, and resuming his natural awkward and familiar 
carriage, he took up his hat, and walking to the door, 
with a broad grin of supreme contempt in his face, he 
observed,— 
“ That a Squire that did not know the laws of cock- 
fighting, in his opinion, was distinctly an infernal old 
chuckel-headed fool !” 
