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AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF 



sea. As to Lord Lovel, e a longing wish came 

 over my mind ' to revisit my early haunts, and 

 to taste again that sweet fresh water I had so 

 gladly left. Besides, whilst wandering through 

 the waving groves of sea-weed in search of my 

 prey, certain sea-lice had detached themselves 

 from their sapless stems, to browse upon my 

 6 fair pasture. 5 They swarmed upon my gills, 

 and other parts of my body, to my great annoy- 

 ance. Instinct told me that these creatures 

 could not exist in fresh water ; so, in company 

 with a few stragglers, the remnants of my early 

 companions, and many elder fish, I turned my 

 head, and resolutely commenced my homeward 

 journey." 



CHAPTER VI. 



I return. My reception. My second great peril. 



" Although the time spent in the sea was 

 really considerable, and the experience acquired 

 appeared to our youthful imaginations illimit- 

 able, the actual distance passed in our wander- 



