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was good, he took up a whole one in his rnouth and 

 ran off with it. It was larger than his head, and 

 looked droll enough in his mouth, stretched to the 

 utmost ; he had not gone far before his sharp teeth 

 cut through, and taking out a piece, let the rest fall. 

 Not taking the trouble to pick it up, he returned 

 with another little cry to the dish, and this time 

 chancing on a smaller one, carried it off in safety. 



Having stowed that away, he returned, and being 

 satiated with potatoes, tasted the biscuit, which had 

 been soaked in grease and was tender. The piece 

 he selected had a larger piece hanging to it, and to 

 see him pull the latter off with his fore-paws was 

 highly amusing. The biscuit, on trial, proving ac- 

 ceptable, with a little flirt and another cry, he 

 seized quite a large piece, and with a glance at us 

 as much as to say, " I am only taking a fair rent for 

 the use of my land," he ran off with it in the same 

 lively, confident way. It was a beautiful sight, and 

 we stopped our meal to watch his pranks. 



MOUTH OF THE AQAWA. 



