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The Town-Ho’s Story

           ThebrigandishguisewhichtheCanallersoproudlysports;hisslouchedandgaily-ribbonedhatbetokenhisgrandfeatures.Aterrortothesmilinginnocenceofthevillagesthroughwhichhefloats;hisswartvisageandboldswaggerarenotunshunnedincities.Onceavagabondonhisowncanal,IhavereceivedgoodturnsfromoneoftheseCanallers;Ithankhimheartily;wouldfainbenotungrateful;butitisoftenoneoftheprimeredeemingqualitiesofyourmanofviolence,thatattimeshehasasstiffanarmtobackapoorstrangerinastrait,astoplunderawealthyone.Insum,gentlemen,whatthewildnessofthiscanallifeis,isemphaticallyevincedbythis;thatourwildwhale-fisherycontainssomanyofitsmostfinishedgraduates,andthatscarceanyraceofmankind,exceptSydneymen,aresomuchdistrustedbyourwhalingcaptains.Nordoesitatalldiminishthecuriousnessofthismatter,thattomanythousandsofourruralboysandyoungmenbornalongitsline,theprobationarylifeoftheGrandCanalfurnishesthesoletransitionbetweenquietlyreapinginaChristiancorn-field,andrecklesslyploughingthewatersofthemostbarbaricseas.

           "’Isee!Isee!’impetuouslyexclaimedDonPedro,spillinghischichauponhissilveryruffles.‘Noneedtotravel!Theworld’soneLima.Ihadthought,now,thatatyourtemperateNorththegenerationswerecoldandholyasthehills.Butthestory.’

           "Ihadleftoff,gentlemen,wheretheLakemanshookthebackstay.

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