. Our young folks [serial]. who, I need hardly say, was a very clever boy in every sense — had learnedfrom one of the sailors the art of net-making ; and out of some of the narwhalsinew he contrived, in two days, to construct quite a good-sized net. And 184 Cast away in the Cold. [March, now the difficulty was to stretch it; but by this time our invention had beenpretty well sharpened, and we were not long in finding that we could make aperfect hoop by lashing together three seal ribs which we picked up on thebeach, and, having fastened this hoop securely to the narwhal horn, wesallied forth t
. Our young folks [serial]. who, I need hardly say, was a very clever boy in every sense — had learnedfrom one of the sailors the art of net-making ; and out of some of the narwhalsinew he contrived, in two days, to construct quite a good-sized net. And 184 Cast away in the Cold. [March, now the difficulty was to stretch it; but by this time our invention had beenpretty well sharpened, and we were not long in finding that we could make aperfect hoop by lashing together three seal ribs which we picked up on thebeach, and, having fastened this hoop securely to the narwhal horn, wesallied forth to the north side of the island, where the auks were mostabundant. Having hidden ourselves away among the rocks, we waited untila flock of the birds flew over us. They flew very low, — not more than fivefeet above our heads. When they were least expecting it, I threw up thenet, and three of them flew bang into it. They were so much stunned by theblow, that only one of them could fly out before I had drawn in the net; and. the Dean was quick enough to seize the remaining two before they couldmake their escape. This, being the first experiment, gave us great encour-agement, as it was more successful than we had ventured to hope. Wewent on with the work, without pausing, for several hours, looking upon it asgreat sport, as indeed it was ; and since it was the first thing we had donethat seemed like sport, the day was always remembered by us with delight. So now you see we had begun to mingle a little pleasure with our life ;and this was a very important matter, for you know the old saying, Allwork and no play makes Jack a dull boy. Isaac L Hayes. 1868.] Mothers Kisses. MOTHERS KISSES. « VT O, no, no ! cried five-years Guy,*■ ^ u Nurse, dont wash my face to-day. Why, my boy, pray tell me why ;Just because mamma s away ? When she went away, said Guy, Yesterday, she kissed it over,Eyes and forehead, cheeks and chin, And she said t was sweet as clover;But she cried hard by and b
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