IN HOT ITKsriT. 



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WE DECIDED ON THE LATTER 1'LAX, AND LET SLIP OUR DOGS. 



nearest detachment of turkeys. These birds had made a 

 flight of from one hundred to one hundred and fifty paces; 

 then we had seen them, to use a vulgar but expressive 

 phrase, take to their heels, and trot like ostriches. On 



