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Rh whether they had any fiſh in the houſe? Some were produced, they were quickly dreſſed, and they all eat together. They had a chearful meal, and honeſt Jack ſung ſome of his ſeafaring ſongs, and did all he could to divert them and expreſs his gratitude. Getting up to reach the brown loaf, he limped very awkwardly, Mary was juſt beginning to laugh, when ſhe reſtrained herself; for ſhe recollected that his awkwardneſs made him truly reſpectable, becauſe he had loſt the uſe of his limbs when he was doing good, ſaving the lives of his fellow-creatures.

The weather cleared up, and they returned home. The children converſed gaily with each other all the way home, talking of the poor ſailor, and his faithful dog. Rh