A RACE WITH A WATERSPOUT. 



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The boys watched one, which was near them, 

 with no little curiosity. It would flutter an in- 

 stant over its prey, then plunge down, and with 



Preparation. 



open, dip-net bill resting on the water, would ad- 

 just the catch in the capacious pouch beneath. 

 In one of these expeditions a gull, with trained 



