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           Thecolonists,walkingapart,butnotstrayingfarfromeachother,begantoskirttheedgeofthelake,whichwasverysteep.Thewaterappearedtobefulloffish,andPencroftresolvedtomakesomefishing-rods,soastotryandcatchsome.

           Thenortheastpointwasfirsttobedoubled.Itmighthavebeensupposedthatthedischargeofwaterwasatthisplace,fortheextremityofthelakewasalmostonalevelwiththeedgeoftheplateau.Butnosignsofthiswerediscovered,andthecolonistscontinuedtoexplorethebank,which,afteraslightbend,descendedparalleltotheshore.

           Onthissidethebankswerelesswoody,butclumpsoftrees,hereandthere,addedtothepicturesquenessofthecountry.LakeGrantwasviewedfromthenceinallitsextent,andnobreathdisturbedthesurfaceofitswaters.Top,inbeatingthebushes,putupflocksofbirdsofdifferentkinds,whichGideonSpilettandHerbertsalutedwitharrows.Onewashitbythelad,andfellintosomemarshygrass.Toprushedforward,andbroughtabeautifulswimmingbird,ofaslatecolor,shortbeak,verydevelopedfrontalplate,andwingsedgedwithwhite.Itwasa"coot,"thesizeofalargepartridge,belongingtothegroupofmacrodactylswhichformthetransitionbetweentheorderofwadingbirdsandthatofpalmipeds.Sorrygame,intruth,anditsflavorisfarfrompleasant.ButTopwasnotsoparticularinthesethingsashismasters,anditwasagreedthatthecootshouldbeforhissupper.

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