Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 531
bsters arethrown into boiling hot water to be cooked;while Archie suggested that as the fish was killedat the first plunge, it was more humane than theusual plan of letting it die slowly at the bottomof a boat. And I rather think he was right. Well, so that is a true story of a fishing featthat can… … THE PEACOCKATOO. This Peacockatoo, with tail like a screen,On viewing himself with magnificent mien,Considers his glass — a small one, alas!—On reflection, the finest he ever has seen.
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