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Drifting

           

           TheperoguefoundbyHerculeswasoneofthosewhoselengthexceedsthirtyfeet,andthewidthfourandtheyarecarriedrapidlyonthewatersofthegreatlakesbytheaidofnumerouspaddles.Mrs.Weldonandhercompanionscouldinstallthemselvescomfortablyinit,anditwassufficienttokeepitinthestreambymeansofanoartodescendthecurrentoftheriver.

           Atfirst,DickSand,wishingtopassunseen,hadformedaprojecttotravelonlyatnight.Buttodrifttwelvehoursoutofthetwenty-four,wastodoublethelengthofajourneywhichmightbequitelong.Happily,DickSandhadtakenafancytocovertheperoguewitharoofoflonggrasses,sustainedonarod,whichprojectedforeandaft.This,whenonthewater,concealedeventhelongoar.Onewouldhavesaidthatitwasapileofherbswhichdrifteddownstream,inthemidstoffloatingislets.Suchwastheingeniousarrangementofthethatch,thatthebirdsweredeceived,and,seeingtheresomegrainstopilfer,red-beakedgulls,"arrhinisgas"ofblackplumage,andgrayandwhitehalcyonsfrequentlycametorestuponit.

           Besides,thisgreenroofformedashelterfromtheheatofthesun.Avoyagemadeundertheseconditionsmightthenbeaccomplishedalmostwithoutfatigue,butnotwithoutdanger.

           Infact,thejourneywouldbealongone,anditwouldbenecessarytoprocurefoodeachday.Hencetheriskofhuntingonthebanksiffishingwouldnotsuffice,andDickSandhadnofirearmsbuttheguncarriedoffbyHerculesaftertheattackontheant-hill;buthecountedoneveryshot.

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