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his flimsy fencing was no barrier to the wallabies, and 

 he abandoned the enterprise to them. Now he had 

 abandoned his beche-de-mer project, had bought wire- 

 netting to keep out the wallabies, and would make a 

 second effort to settle down. A little net-fishing would 

 help to keep him going'. ' As for the sea,' said he, 

 ' I have had enough too much. It is all right while 

 your pluck lasts, but once get a shake, and you had 

 better give it up. And the little boat I broke 

 that rail as I was getting poor Andrew's body on board. 

 She is all right but for that, and she's for sale.' ' 



After many adventures, Harry Franck, the American 

 University graduate, who had set out to travel round 

 the world without money, arrived safely at Port Said. 1 

 The following interesting account of how he accom- 

 plished the next stage of his journey is from the story of 

 his adventures : " Early one morning I reached the 

 water-front in time to see a great steamer nosing her 

 way through the small craft that swarmed about the 

 mouth of the canal. Her lines looked strangely 

 familiar. She was a sister ship of the vessel that had 

 rescued me from Marseilles. I hastened to the landing- 

 stage and accosted the officers as they disembarked 

 with the tourists for a run ashore. 



* Full up, Jack,' answered one of them. 



I recalled the advice of the American Consul. A 

 better craft to ' stick away on ' would never drop 

 anchor in the canal. Bah ! How ludicrous the notion 

 sounded 1 The Khedive himself could not even have 

 boarded such a vessel in sun-bleached corduroys and 

 Nazarene slippers. By night, with no moon? The 

 blackest night could not hide such rags ! Besides, the 

 1 See Bibliography, n. 



