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Porpoise - Shooting. 



SHOOTING A PORPOISE. 



in the same way, and broken shoulders and broken noses are said to 

 be quite common among them. 



Poor Pieltoma seemed quite disconsolate at this misadventure, 

 and without remark of any kind resumed his paddle, and we con- 

 tinued on our way. 



" What do the porpoises feed on, Sebatis ?" 



" He eat 'im mackerel, herrin's, and most all kinds of small little 

 fishes. By-em-by we come on feedin'-grounds, then see 'im more 

 porpusis." 



" I hear 'im porpus again," remarked Pieltoma. 



Instantly, Sebatis was on his feet, gun in hand, and I just caught 

 a glimpse of a dark body rolling over in the water some fifty yards 

 away, when Sebatis fired, then dropped his gun, and picked up the 

 long spear which lay ready to his hand in the bow of the canoe. 



Pieltoma paddled quickly up to the porpoise, and Sebatis stabbed 

 the dying fish repeatedly, and then dragged him aboard of the 

 canoe. He was a medium-sized fish, and weighed about two hun- 

 dred pounds. 



" Now, then, fill my pipe first, then we go hunt 'im somewhere 

 else ; may be find 'im more porpusis," said Sebatis. 



" It will be Pieltoma's turn to shoot the next porpoise." 



