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ee to witness the play/'" pointing up to some 

 trees dose by in which he had fixed some boards 

 about twenty feet from the ground, to sit on. 

 " I'll warrant ee won't wait long ; and Charles, 

 dos't put out thy pipe, and hold thy jaw." 



"We got up by means of a short ladder, which 

 the w^ary old man pulled up after him, and fas- 

 tened with a bit of cord. We might have 

 waited about an hour and a half, when master 

 hedgehog made his appearance from the direc- 

 tion of the rabbit burrows. He did not waste 

 much time, or leave us long in suspense as to 

 his intention^, for he went straight into the coop. 



The bantam flew at him several times, but he 

 was rolled quietly up, and she became pacified. 

 He presently seized with the greatest quickness 

 one of the little birds, and trotted off, having 

 his movements greatly accelerated by the hen, 

 who again flew at him furiously. On getting 

 out of the coop he seemed in no hurry, for he 

 deliberately killed the bird, and was taking it 

 leisurely away, when a shot from my breech- 

 loader settled him. 



"Now measter," said Kaile, " dos't think I 

 be right ?" 



