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The brown rats kept together in quite a separate part of the ship, a wise precaution to avoid the quarrels and fights which must otherwise have constantly ensued. I consequently saw less of Whiskerandos during the voyage than I otherwise should have done. I managed to establish myself, audacious rat that I was, in Captain Blake's own cabin.
Of course our strength must soon have been exhausted, and the mighty green waves must have swept us to destruction, had not a barrel, thrown out from the ship, been happily floating near us! Whiskerandos saw this little island of hope.
Whiskerandos would have been more than a match for three Odditys, for the piebald one had neither his strength, nor agility, nor experience in fighting; but the strong rat seemed at this juncture to have no inclination to give battle to the weak one.
The dogs showed by their impatient movements that they considered that their master took a great deal too much time in his survey of a lifeless rat I suspect that he only did so to tease and tantalize them, for suddenly raising Whiskerandos still higher, to give more force to his fling, he cried, "Now Carlo Rover Cæsar who's first!" and swung the body away towards the door behind which I stood a trembling, shuddering spectator!
"I believe that one pair of hands," said he, "often serve better than a dozen. The Russian proverb says that 'directly' means to-morrow morning, and 'this minute' this day week." With quiet night came our feasting-time, and when the kitchen was deserted by the crowds of servants, Whiskerandos, Wisky, and
What say you, friend Ratto?" inquired he. "I have no mind for a long journey either by land or by sea," replied I in a melancholy tone; "I'll keep company with you for a day or two, Whiskerandos, but I would rather not return now to London. I will settle quietly for a time in the country near the spot where poor Oddity died!" "And you?" said Whiskerandos, turning to Bright-eyes.
The waves were now much more quiet, and leapt on the beach with a pleasant murmur, and strove to roll on, each farther than the other, like children merrily racing together. "Could we not swim to the shore?" said Whiskerandos. But I recoiled from the dangerous attempt. "No, no; some wave will roll the barrel on the beach," I replied; "no more struggling in the water for me!"
We do not fare ill; we have plenty to eat." As I have mentioned before, this is ever the first consideration with a rat. "The sailors don't starve," said Whiskerandos more slowly; "yet they think of adding another dish to their mess." "Glad to hear it," said I; "you know that I am curious about dishes, and should like to have my whiskers in a new one."
Take the Deys at the beginning of the eighteenth century. Hasan Chāwush was deposed in 1700, and succeeded by the Aga of the Sipāhis, Mustafa, nicknamed Bogotillos or "Whiskerandos," who, though something of a coward, engaged in two successful campaigns against Tunis and one with Morocco, until he had the misfortune to find the bow-string round his throat in 1706.
"That fellow offered to frizzle your whiskers. These would anoint them with tar, in which your bear's oil would be of little use." "Ha! don't you hear a noise?" demanded the whiskered companion, looking behind him. "I think I do," replied the other musingly. "A great noise!" continued Don Whiskerandos. "Yes, it seems to me that it is a great noise." "Like people shouting?"
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