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ALONG THE FLORIDA REEP. 



and eager eye, hovering near, settled down upon 

 the pelican's broad head, and as the fish was 

 tossed about, preparatory to swallowing it, the 



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Perpetration. 



thievish gull adroitly snapped it np and sailed 

 away with a derisive " Ha, ha ! " while the peli- 

 can, as if accustomed to this sort of pocket-pick- 



