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The
sailor
and
the
lad
,
creeping
among
the
grass
,
arrived
at
the
foot
of
a
tree
,
whose
lower
branches
were
covered
with
little
birds
.
The
couroucous
were
waiting
the
passage
of
insects
which
served
for
their
nourishment
.
Their
feathery
feet
could
be
seen
clasping
the
slender
twigs
which
supported
them
.
The
hunters
then
rose
,
and
using
their
sticks
like
scythes
,
they
mowed
down
whole
rows
of
these
couroucous
,
who
never
thought
of
flying
away
,
and
stupidly
allowed
themselves
to
be
knocked
off
.
A
hundred
were
already
heaped
on
the
ground
,
before
the
others
made
up
their
minds
to
fly
.
"
Well
,
"
said
Pencroft
,
"
here
is
game
,
which
is
quite
within
the
reach
of
hunters
like
us
.
We
have
only
to
put
out
our
hands
and
take
it
!
"
The
sailor
having
strung
the
couroucous
like
larks
on
flexible
twigs
,
they
then
continued
their
exploration
.
The
stream
here
made
a
bend
towards
the
south
,
but
this
detour
was
probably
not
prolonged
for
the
river
must
have
its
source
in
the
mountain
,
and
be
supplied
by
the
melting
of
the
snow
which
covered
the
sides
of
the
central
cone
.
The
particular
object
of
their
expedition
was
,
as
has
been
said
,
to
procure
the
greatest
possible
quantity
of
game
for
the
inhabitants
of
the
Chimneys
.
It
must
be
acknowledged
that
as
yet
this
object
had
not
been
attained
.
So
the
sailor
actively
pursued
his
researches
,
though
he
exclaimed
,
when
some
animal
which
he
had
not
even
time
to
recognize
fled
into
the
long
grass
,
"
If
only
we
had
had
the
dog
Top
!
"
But
Top
had
disappeared
at
the
same
time
as
his
master
,
and
had
probably
perished
with
him
.
Towards
three
o'clock
new
flocks
of
birds
were
seen
through
certain
trees
,
at
whose
aromatic
berries
they
were
pecking
,
those
of
the
juniper
-
tree
among
others
.
Suddenly
a
loud
trumpet
call
resounded
through
the
forest
.
This
strange
and
sonorous
cry
was
produced
by
a
game
bird
called
grouse
in
the
United
States
.
They
soon
saw
several
couples
,
whose
plumage
was
rich
chestnut-brown
mottled
with
dark
brown
,
and
tail
of
the
same
color
.
Herbert
recognized
the
males
by
the
two
wing-like
appendages
raised
on
the
neck
.
Pencroft
determined
to
get
hold
of
at
least
one
of
these
gallinaceae
,
which
were
as
large
as
a
fowl
,
and
whose
flesh
is
better
than
that
of
a
pullet
.
But
it
was
difficult
,
for
they
would
not
allow
themselves
to
be
approached
.
After
several
fruitless
attempts
,
which
resulted
in
nothing
but
scaring
the
grouse
,
the
sailor
said
to
the
lad
,
--
"
Decidedly
,
since
we
ca
n't
kill
them
on
the
wing
,
we
must
try
to
take
them
with
a
line
.
"
"
Like
a
fish
?
"
cried
Herbert
,
much
surprised
at
the
proposal
.
"
Like
a
fish
,
"
replied
the
sailor
quite
seriously
.
Pencroft
had
found
among
the
grass
half
a
dozen
grouse
nests
,
each
having
three
or
four
eggs
.
He
took
great
care
not
to
touch
these
nests
,
to
which
their
proprietors
would
not
fail
to
return
.
It
was
around
these
that
he
meant
to
stretch
his
lines
,
not
snares
,
but
real
fishing-lines
.
He
took
Herbert
to
some
distance
from
the
nests
,
and
there
prepared
his
singular
apparatus
with
all
the
care
which
a
disciple
of
Izaak
Walton
would
have
used
.
Herbert
watched
the
work
with
great
interest
,
though
rather
doubting
its
success
.
The
lines
were
made
of
fine
creepers
,
fastened
one
to
the
other
,
of
the
length
of
fifteen
or
twenty
feet
.
Thick
,
strong
thorns
,
the
points
bent
back
(
which
were
supplied
from
a
dwarf
acacia
bush
)
were
fastened
to
the
ends
of
the
creepers
,
by
way
of
hooks
.
Large
red
worms
,
which
were
crawling
on
the
ground
,
furnished
bait
.
This
done
,
Pencroft
,
passing
among
the
grass
and
concealing
himself
skillfully
,
placed
the
end
of
his
lines
armed
with
hooks
near
the
grouse
nests
;
then
he
returned
,
took
the
other
ends
and
hid
with
Herbert
behind
a
large
tree
.
There
they
both
waited
patiently
;
though
,
it
must
be
said
,
that
Herbert
did
not
reckon
much
on
the
success
of
the
inventive
Pencroft
.
