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in the very nature of things, superior to any European living. The swan 
sailed majestically up to the island to enquire what the goose wanted 
there, and Mr. Cape Barren, bellicose at once, rushed noisily into the 
water to meet him. At the first onslaught the swan was badly beaten. 
He soon found he was no match for this upstart intruder, so he swam 
away to fight another day. The goose tried hard to catch up to him, but 
unfortunately for his valor he could not swim anything like as well as 
The Unspeakable Turk, 
his retreating foe, and so he was forced to give up the chase. As, how- 
ever, the swan’s victory v/as so like that of the Germans at the battle 
of Jutland, the goose thought he was quite justified in returning to his 
tight little isle and cackling aloud the news of his triumph. No one dis- 
puted his claims. He was left in supreme command of his conquered 
territory, but this condition of things soon began to pall upon his martial 
spirit. He sighed for new worlds to conquer, and in a few days was 
busily looking for fresh fields. In his eager search for excitement he 
discovered the paddock adjoining the pond where the poor old lion horses 
are fed up before being shot. He diligently sought a place of admission 
