thing happened what, I never knew. Harrison 

 shouted, " Have you got him f He 's a whale ! " 

 He made a wave across the pool at last the 

 fifty-pounder had risen! What could I dot I 

 -MM irk, but felt nothing; nor did I ever see any- 

 thing but that big black cloud, which kept on 

 rising high above us as, with gloomy thoughts, we 

 paddled homeward. 



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