Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 80
s verymuch of an aristocrat, always holding himself alittle aloof from the others, and never tempted tocome to their table by any variety of food I couldoffer; though he came close and seemed neveroffended when I stroked his smooth sides. I al-ways noticed what a cruel-looking face he had… … 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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