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when lifted, that one had a peculiar blood- 

 mark about his head. " Now, there's four ; 

 then there's five." " Well done ! " " And 

 there's six." " Ah! no, you don't ! that last one 

 you counted as No. 3. You have only got five. 

 Be honest." "Let us come alongside your 

 boat, and see if yours are as fine as ours." 

 Very suddenly they concluded it was time for 

 a shot at brant, as there were several flocks in 

 the opening, As he was starting, he asked, 

 "How many did you get ?" "Six !" "Ah, but 

 we know you got more than that. We know 

 we saw you get six ourselves, and we know 

 you got more." So we had to tell them we had 

 eight. " You just played that same ' get to 

 leeward ' game you did on the first day, when 

 you captured the best shot." " Well, you 

 know, it is nice to experiment on people that 

 know it all. Now, if you want to go chase 

 brants away to leeward, to paddle back against 

 this tide and wind, do so. You will find it 

 very interesting, as well as muscle and appe- 

 tite making, the latter of which neither of 

 you chaps want an increase of. We have 

 had all of it necessary to satisfy us for one 

 day at least, and we shall return to the 



