THE DECREE. 
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the applause, and warming with his own fires, the 
accuser renews the attack; his eloquence becoming 
more and more licentious and vituperative, until it 
has exhausted either his strength or his vocabulary 
of invective. Now comes the accused, with defence 
and countercharge and retorted abuse; the assembly 
still listening and applauding through a lengthened 
session. The Homeric debate at a close, the angekoks 
hold a powwow, and a penalty is denounced against 
the accused for his guilt, or the accuser for his unsus¬ 
tained prosecution. 
LANCE OF SEA-UNICORN. 
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