Porpoise - Shooting. 



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TAKING A PORPOISE ABOARD. 



I often feel inclined to side with my friend Colonel W , who once 



arranged a porpoise-shooting expedition on shares with an Indian 

 named Paul. It was the Colonel's first and, I may add, last experi- 

 ence in this kind of shooting, for the Indian, having shot a very large 

 porpoise, paddled rapidly up to him, speared him, and was in the 

 act of hauling him aboard, when the Colonel recovered his power of 

 speech, and excitedly exclaimed : 



11 Hold on, Paul ! hold on ! How much is that porpoise worth ? " 



'• I low much worth ? May be five dollars." 



'• Well, Paul, I'll pay you half, and we wont take the porpoise in." 



" No," replied Paul, " I pay you half; sartin, we take in 'im 

 porpus." 



The Colonel's appeal was of no avail, as they were surrounded 

 by other canoes similarly occupied, and it was a point of honor with 

 Paul to take the porpoise aboard, otherwise he might have been 

 suspected of cowardice. 



Not unfrequently, as the Indian hastily paddles up to dispatch a 

 wounded porpoise with his spear, he sees the terrible dorsal-fin of a 



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