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storative down Tom's throat. The greater part 

 of the blue slirae was soon washed off, and then 

 Long John, taking his 

 knife, scraped the skin 

 as hard as he dared. A 

 bottle of oil was poured 

 over the poisoned parts 

 and brought much relief 



to Tom, who began to 



show signs of recovery. 

 An hour later, as he 



lay on the shore under 



the shade of the man- 

 groves, weak but com- 

 paratively comfortable, 



he said, in reply to a 



question from Long John: 

 " I came up right 



under it; I felt as if I 



had fallen into the fire, 



and then I must have 



almost fainted away." 



"You're all right now, though," said Long 



John ; "I wascaught in the sameway myself once." 



Portuguese man-of-war. 



