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can at the angle to pour a large, cold stream just inside of his shirt- collar. But 

 he comes up smiling, as it does not pay to get into bad humor : the capsized rows 

 have to be again fed and watered, as every thing in the seed-boxes and water-pots 

 is spilled out. When the birds are stowed aft, the work is more severe, as all the 

 water has to be pumped from the forward part of the ship ; and in cold weather, 

 when the waves deluge the deck in small oceans, and freeze as fast as they strike, 

 it is oftentimes even a perilous trip. His little cap is tightly pulled over his head : 



Carrying Water under Difficulties. 



and, with teeth shut together with a snap, he slips and struggles over the deck with 

 many a curse on the raging deep. 



Be the waves mountain high, he never gets into the condition of the party who 

 can be seen " looking over the rail, you know." 



His first and great care is his birds : they occupy his every thought, and he 

 sacrifices his own personal comfort for them. If the space assigned him is limited, 

 as it too often is, he tears away his bunk to give them more room ; being willing to 

 spread his mattress on the deck, and sleep there. Fritz must be a man easily 



