. The story of Doctor Dolittle, being the history of his peculiar life at home and astonishing adventures in foreign parts . e windchanges to the South. Yes, its a poor wind, that, said think youre a fake, Jip. Who ever heard offinding a man in the middle of the ocean just bysmell! I told you you couldnt do it. Look here, said Jip, getting really going to get a bite on the nose in a min- 158 The Story of Doctor Dolittle ute! You neednt think that just because theDoctor wont let us give you what you deserve,that you can be as cheeky as you like! Stop quarreling! said the D
. The story of Doctor Dolittle, being the history of his peculiar life at home and astonishing adventures in foreign parts . e windchanges to the South. Yes, its a poor wind, that, said think youre a fake, Jip. Who ever heard offinding a man in the middle of the ocean just bysmell! I told you you couldnt do it. Look here, said Jip, getting really going to get a bite on the nose in a min- 158 The Story of Doctor Dolittle ute! You neednt think that just because theDoctor wont let us give you what you deserve,that you can be as cheeky as you like! Stop quarreling! said the Doctor—Stop it!Lifes too short. Tell me, Jip, where do youthink those smells are coming from? From Devon and Wales—most of them, saidJip—The wind is coming that way. Well, well! said the Doctor. You knowthats really quite remarkable—quite. I mustmake a note of that for my new book. I won-der if you could train me to smell as well asthat. . But no—perhaps Im better off theway I am. Enough is as good as a feast, theysay. Lets go down to supper. Im quite hun- gry. So am I, said Gub-Gub. THE NINETEENTH CHAPTER. THE ROCK they got, early next morning,out of the silken beds; and theysaw that the sun was shiningbrightly and that the wind wasblowing from the South. Jip smelt the South wind forhalf an hour. Then he came to the Doctor,shaking his head. I smell no snuff as yet, he said. We mustwait till the wind changes to the East. But even when the East wind came, at threeoclock that afternoon, the dog could not catchthe smell of snuff. The little boy was terribly disappointed andbegan to cry again, saying that no one seemedto be able to find his uncle for him. But all Jipsaid to the Doctor was, Tell him that when the wind changes to 559 i6o The Story of Doctor Dollttle the West, Ill find his uncle even though he bein China—so long as he is still taking BlaekRappee snuff. Three days they had to wait before the Westwind came. This was on a Friday morning,early—just as it was
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