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 ure he returned with an anwer againt thi day e'enight. As he went into the ea, he looked back to his mater, and called out to him for his claymore. And what waits he for now? ays the captain's ervant. He wants his word, ays the mater. His word? ays the fellow, what is he to do with a word ? Why, ays the mater, if he meets a whale or a montrous beat, it is to defend his life: I know he will have to fight his way thro' the north eas, ere he go to Lochaber. Then cried the Captain's ervant, I'll wim none with him, if he takes his word. Ay, but, ays his mater, you hall, or lose the wager; take you another word with you. No, ays the fellow, I never did {wim with a sword, nor any man ele, that ever I aw or heard of; I know not but that wild man will kill me in the deep water, I would not, for the whole world venture myelf with him and a word. The captain eeing his ervant afraid to venture, or if he did, he would never ee him again alive; therefore he deired an agreement with the drover, who at first seemed unwilling; but the captain putting it in his will, the drover quit him for half the sum: This he came to, through George's advice.

8. George was met one day by three bihops, who paid him the following compliments: Says the firt, Good-morrow, father Abraham: Says the econd, good-morrow, father Iaac: ays the third, Good-morrow, father Jacob. To which he replied, I am neither father Abraham, father Iaac nor father Jacob; but I am Saul, the on