The Bookshelf for boys and girls Book of Wonders and Curious Things (1912)
University Society, New York · New York: University Society · leaf 103
This I removedand returned him again to the water, re- /lieved from what was probably a painfulinconvenience, though terrified and dis-tressed; but after performing that sur-gical operation I was never able, if heremained with us, to distinguish him fromothers. These little fellows grew very fast… … THEY WERE BLACK, SCALELESSFELLOWS, WITH LARGE, FLAT HEADS,WIDE MOUTHS, AND SLENDER, BLACK WHISKERSGROWING JUST ABOVE THE CORNERS OF THE MOUTH. ions disappeared. Making a circle through thewater he would return to his usual position nearthe boat, watching with his set eye as if he werethe appointed…
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