. The jungle book. :. TEN FATHOMS DEEP tingles, youngster, hesaid. That meansthere s a gale behindme. Come along! Whenyou re south of the StickyWater [he meant theEquator], and your tailtingles, that means theres a gale in front of youand you musthead along ! The waterfeels bad here. This was one of verymany things that Koticklearned, and he was al-ways learning. Matkahtaught him how to followthe cod and the halibutalong the under-seabanks, and wrench therocklinsf out of his holeamong the weeds ; howto skirt the wrecks lyinga hundred fathoms belowwater, and dart like arifle-bullet i
. The jungle book. :. TEN FATHOMS DEEP tingles, youngster, hesaid. That meansthere s a gale behindme. Come along! Whenyou re south of the StickyWater [he meant theEquator], and your tailtingles, that means theres a gale in front of youand you musthead along ! The waterfeels bad here. This was one of verymany things that Koticklearned, and he was al-ways learning. Matkahtaught him how to followthe cod and the halibutalong the under-seabanks, and wrench therocklinsf out of his holeamong the weeds ; howto skirt the wrecks lyinga hundred fathoms belowwater, and dart like arifle-bullet in at one port-hole and out at another THE WHITE SEAL 147 as the fishes ran; how to dance on the top of thewaves when the lightning was racing all overthe sky, and wave his flipper politely to theStumpy-tailed Albatross and the Man-of-warHawk as they went down the wind; how tojump three or four feet clear of the water, like adolphin, flippers close to the side and tail curved ;to leave the flying-fish alone because the
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