BOY GATHERING BARNACLES. 
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eXtiHiiricition of liis moutli sliowecl him to be r sntike 
of a highly venomous character, the poison-fangs 
being truly formidable. 
The day was oppressive, and we soon began to 
suffer from the heat, but the sight of a lonely hut 
not far off suggested the promise of water to assuage 
our thirst. On approaching the house to prefer our 
modest request, we were startled at the apparition 
of an old woman, fierce and angry, brandishing a 
big stick. As she advanced rapidly upon us, she^ 
seemed in such a fury that to avoid the outburst 
of her rage we ignominiously turned and fled, amid 
a volley of what was indubitably Korean Billings- 
G;ate. 
O 
When at a safe distance, we sat pensively on 
?the lonely rocks, and, to soothe our rufiled spirits, 
smoked a pipe, at the same time watching the 
movements of a boy gathering barnacles. With 
a sharp stone he deftly detached them from the 
surface of the rock, picked out the fish, deposited 
them in a large oyster-shell, and then, leaving his 
gathered store, wandered on in search of more. 
