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some of his catching for ahout a fifth the price we 

 should have had to pay in England. 



On the morning of the day fixed, we struck 

 camp at eight and sailed at ten. For over an 

 hour we drifted, the wind being light ; but then 

 a nice breeze sprung up and carried us in little 

 over another hour to Pakostane. Here our first 

 step was to call on the priest. Unfortunately, the 

 reverend gentleman was away when we arrived, 

 but we were hospitably received by his brother, 

 who proceeded to show us the ground available 

 for camp. My heart sank when I saw it — a suc- 

 cession of cultivated fields. However, there then 

 seemed to be no choice, so I picked out that which 

 seemed to have been longest fallow ; the boat was 

 brought as near to it as possible, the things were 

 landed, and the tent pitched. 



Towards evening the priest returned, and at 

 once came to see if we had all we wanted. In 

 the mean time I had seen the local gendarmes. 

 There are none, as a rule, at Pakostane, but 

 there had been a free fight in the village the 

 previous week, which had brought down on them 

 a temporary detachment of two men. They at 

 once came round to our camp, and ordered the 

 populace to keep away from the tent — an order 

 which was promptly obeyed, much to our relief. 

 This, however, was not all ; for at night, when 

 we were about to turn in, I heard voices, and, 



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