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back to the bank, but soon swims out again, this time into the 

 middle of the water, and much closer to me. Here he continues 

 to feed strenuously, though from 12 o'clock, as a minimum, his 

 wife and children have sat without bite or sup. At 7.30 p.m. 

 I am so cold and hungry that I have to go to the tent, and this 

 I do without alarming the feeding Swan, quite easily, though I 

 have to pass in full view of him — I am soon out of sight of the 

 other. The modus operandi is sufficiently simple, since he is 

 always putting his head under water, and keeps it there, each 

 time, for a minute. 



(To be continued.) 



