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I thought it must be alive, and that it had curled itself round his head; but the gentleman took it off, and showed me that the eyes were glass." "Some hunters, Lady Mary, make caps of otter, mink, or badger skins, and ornament them with the tails, heads, and claws." "I have seen a picture of the otter, nurse; it is a pretty, soft-looking thing, with a round head and black eyes.
He was curiously attired, after something of the fashion of the Highlander, and something yet more of the ancient Greek, in a tunic, vest, and loose jacket all made of reindeer skin, thickly embroidered with curious designs worked in coarse thread and colored beads; while thrown carelessly over his shoulders and knotted at his waist, was a broad scarf of white woollen stuff, or wadmel, very soft-looking and warm.
This terrible fowl had no head that we could perceive, but was fashioned entirely of belly, which was of a prodigious fatness and roundness, of a soft-looking substance, smooth, shining and striped with various colors.
"I tell 'e wot it is, messmate, when you comes for to see the miners in San Francisco drinkin' shampain like water, an' payin' a dollar for a glass o' six-water grog, you'll " "How much is a dollar?" inquired a soft-looking youth, interrupting him. Bill said it was "'bout four shillin's," and turned away with a look of contempt at such a display of ignorance.
A pretty, soft-looking woman too and a mere girl! What a heart she must have! I felt equally tempted to tell her she was a devil, and that I would have nothing to do with such a horrible piece of business; but she looked so handsome, that somehow or another I yielded to the temptation, though it was not without a struggle; for conscience loudly warned me not to injure one who had never injured me.
"I've seen pictures of them in books," I said, "of course." "Yes, perch, all but that black, soft-looking chap close to the bottom. He's a tench. But come on, and let's get the rods." He led the way to the boat-house, a green strip of coarse grass about five feet wide leading to the rough building, and Mercer looked longingly at the boat, which was half full of water.
"And then, you know, I saw something. The floor in the middle of the huge, empty room, was puckered upward in the center into a strange soft-looking mound, parted at the top into an ever changing hole, that pulsated to that great, gentle hooning.
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