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That bundle of rushes had done them good ser- 

 vice : the bull had busied himself with them a while, 

 goring and tossing them about, else the result might 

 have been serious for both. 



" How do you feel, Dickey ? " asks Will. 



" Queer, Soldier, queer ; and how are you ? " 



" Wild as a hawk, Dickey, wild. We've had notice 

 to quit served us with a vengeance this time. We 

 won't go there any more." 



///. — The Burrowing Mole. 



The fords and the way-poles are numerous along 

 the run of the Mole. When I first knew the river, 

 bridges, which now are numerous, were not in exist- 

 ence, and serious inconvenience was felt in times of 

 flood. Modern improvements have remedied this to a 

 very great extent. Gentlemen through whose estates 

 the river winds have had the fallen trees cleared 

 out of the river's bed, and narrow channels widened, 

 so that the water has more chance of getting away ; 

 but even now many places are impassable in flood- 

 time. Those who are in the secret get their fishing- 

 tackle ready when the river is brim-full up to the 



