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He staid still there a good long spell, and the minister and Huldy left him there and come up to the house; but they hadn't more than got in the door before they see old Tom a hippin' along, as high-steppin' as ever, sayin' 'Talk! talk! and quitter! quitter! and struttin' and gobblin' as if he'd come through the Red Sea, and got the victory. "'Oh, my eggs! says Huldy.
"Neaw, Sammul," said she, "theaw'll ha' that pot upo th' floor in now, thae little pousement thae! Do keep eawt o' mischief, an' make a less din, childer, win yo: for my yed's fair maddle't wi' one thing an' another . . . Mary, tak' th' pon off th' fire, an' reach me yon hippin' off th' oondur; an' then sit tho deawn somewheer, do, thae'll be less bi th' legs."
In 1611 the East India Company sent out another fleet under Captain Hippin, and the following year a second under Captain Saris, who reached Japan. By judicious conduct, and the due administration of bribes to many persons nearest the emperor, he succeeded in establishing a trade for the English with Japan, returning home with a very profitable cargo.
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