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shore, look around, and, if it's all right and quiet 

 like, they come up. If it isn't, they don't ; so 

 you want to lay low. When they make up 

 their minds to come in, they don't waste any 

 time, but come right up, dig the hole, lay their 

 eggs, cover 'em up, and go back down another 

 track. Now, we want to divide up into parties 

 of two or three and get stations all along the 

 beach about three hundred yards apart. Sit 

 close in by the bush, and every few minutes 

 some one must run down to the water edge and 

 walk along to the next station, and in this way 

 cover all the beach. When you see a track, jest 

 sing out, follow it up on the run, and grab the 

 turtle by the side, then turn her if you kin," he 

 added, with the grin that he seemed to manu- 

 facture only on special occasions. 



The boys laid around on the beach until the 

 moon came up, enjoying the beautiful evening 

 and listening to the gulls, then took stations as 

 Long John had directed, and began the patrol. 

 It was a perfectly quiet night, even the musical 

 rill of the water upon the sands being low and 

 sweet. From the outer reef came a faint moan- 



