. Crusoe's Island; a bird-hunter's story . lty of affixing themselves to anyobject they please. But what are you going to do with those worth-less fish ? I asked. They arent fit to eat; didntyou know that ? Yis, me massa; but deys fit fer sometin what um ketch de big fish wiv, sah. I didnt like to expose further ignorance to myservant, so asked no more questions. We were soonat the inner edge of the coral reef, on which I hadbeen nearly wrecked the year before, and there I sawwhat a rich fish preserve I had in this inclosed bay. There were swift-swimming barracoutas, rainbow-hued Jew
. Crusoe's Island; a bird-hunter's story . lty of affixing themselves to anyobject they please. But what are you going to do with those worth-less fish ? I asked. They arent fit to eat; didntyou know that ? Yis, me massa; but deys fit fer sometin what um ketch de big fish wiv, sah. I didnt like to expose further ignorance to myservant, so asked no more questions. We were soonat the inner edge of the coral reef, on which I hadbeen nearly wrecked the year before, and there I sawwhat a rich fish preserve I had in this inclosed bay. There were swift-swimming barracoutas, rainbow-hued Jew and angel fish, immense sharks, and lazysea turtles without number, hundreds and thousandsof them, and all visible in the clear water above thewhite and glistening coral bottom. Reaching into the bucket Thomas Ned drew outone of the fish therein and looped a line around its 228 CRUSOES ISLAND. tail; then lie dropped over both fish and line, andhanded one end of the latter to me. It was wellthat the other end of that line was made fast to.
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