. Outing. d been named byPeru in honor of the four admirals of thefleet. The Gallant Alfred (for Rear-Admiral Evans), The Heroic Ranger (forAdmiral Thomas), The Brave Teddy (forAdmiral Emory), and Shoo Fly (for Ad-miral Sperry). The bull named Banjo wasin honor of the officers and Yankee Doodleof the sailors. Each bull in his turn wasdriven into the ring, and spent more orless of his time dancing around trying toevade the darts of his enemy on foot andthe spears of his enemy on horseback, until,completely tired out, he had the pleasureand honor of having a sword run throughhis heart by a noted
. Outing. d been named byPeru in honor of the four admirals of thefleet. The Gallant Alfred (for Rear-Admiral Evans), The Heroic Ranger (forAdmiral Thomas), The Brave Teddy (forAdmiral Emory), and Shoo Fly (for Ad-miral Sperry). The bull named Banjo wasin honor of the officers and Yankee Doodleof the sailors. Each bull in his turn wasdriven into the ring, and spent more orless of his time dancing around trying toevade the darts of his enemy on foot andthe spears of his enemy on horseback, until,completely tired out, he had the pleasureand honor of having a sword run throughhis heart by a noted matador. I was justbeginning to think that no one was goingto get hurt when they turned YankeeDoodle loose. I guess he must have seenhis four brothers being hauled back intothe outer inclosure by the horses, for heacted kinder riled—must have got hisgoat. Anyway, he did not tarry verylong, but got right down to business. Hisfirst attempt was to take a leg off one ofthe horses, which he accomplished with. Coaling ship at Port Said.
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