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the precaution to fasten the end of the long 

 line to the thwart, also securing it about 

 midway, which proved afterwards a very justi- 

 fiable and prudent one* 



Not over 100 yards from the vessel was 

 a shoal with one of those fellows having 

 such a lively time that there was no diffi- 

 culty in approaching him. So with the 

 grains near me, when about 15 feet from 

 him, he came to the surface, I hurled them 

 and they struck his side, when he gave 

 a flounce which buried me in water, as if 

 under a water-spout ; but the grains did not 

 hold. This experience should have sent me 

 back to the vessel, but the laughing and 

 shouting of those on ship-board, who had 

 been watching the performance, only served 

 to urge me on to try again. Well, I did not 

 have to go far nor wait long, for just 200 

 yards to my right was another fellow making 

 wonderful gyrations. So at him the boat 

 was directed, and soon I was in position to try 

 his lordship, or devilship, better termed. So 

 when he came on top of the water the grains 

 were thrown into the air with a circular 

 motion, falling upon his back and burying 



