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^yIL^D SPORTS in the far west. 



shoved off we gave them a loud cheer, Avhich was an- 

 swered by the crew in English fashion with three hur- 

 rahs, preceded by " hip, hip, hip." This was not very 

 well taken by our Jewish passengers, who could not find 

 " hip, hip, hip " in their dictionaries, and one of them 

 remarked that " he did not see why they should so laugh 

 at us." 



