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might safely proceed on their way, as what they thought to be 

 a new buoy placed there for navigation purposes was only 

 Witchdorter's new float. The captains went their way, the 

 anchor was brought up, and Witchdorter once more essayed to 

 make his float " work " properly, but all to no purpose. He 

 was constantly reeling in to see what ailed it, and its ailments 

 were obviously many and grievous, but Mrs. Commodore with 

 tender regard for Witchdorter's feelings, "said it was a 

 beautiful float, only it wasn't hollow." Witchdorter thereupon 

 packed up the float in a tolerably sized packing case and sent 

 it off to Cleethorpes, where it may now be seen at the Deep Sea 

 Exhibition, and there it will henceforth remain with the excep- 

 tion of one day in each year, when it is to be allowed out 

 for Mr. Hopper to show any of his angling friends what 

 strange angling craft can be fashioned even by so ingenious an 

 individual as Witchdorter. 



