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bit of a hut, in which he kept a gunning punt, from 

 which he often shot widgeon, which were pretty 

 plentiful there. I said, " I dare say you know then a 

 little fellow named Danny McCree ? " " Oh, yes," 

 he said, "he often gets a shot with my punt; he's a 

 very good hand. By the by, he told me a most 

 amusing story about a gentleman who shot into a 

 lot of tame ducks by mistake in Beauley Firth, but 

 I never could make out who it was." " Oh ! " said 

 I, "you needn't go any further for that, for it was 

 myself; and I told the story to Danny McCree." 

 "By Jove," said he, "now that I know and have 

 seen the man who did it, I think I ought to die 

 happy. For though everybody around had heard of 

 it, yet nobody seemed to know who the perpetrator 

 was." We parted the best of friends, and I have 

 never seen him since. No doubt he often regaled 

 others with my exploit, as the story was too good 

 to be kept secret. 



Whilst speaking of Sam Singer, I forgot to men- 

 tion that he was the inventor of the compass called 

 " Singer's compass," which is used in the navy 

 and by almost all nautical men. From being partly 

 made on the face of mother of pearl, it shines in the 

 dark ; and when no other compass can be read 



