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Madcap Violet

Madcap Violet


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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1877 edition. Excerpt: ...singular rapidity and making for the shore. "We must have this fellow, anyway," Drummond called out, "for there is no weed at ail there"--and just as he spoke the bird bobbed up its head and neck and looked around. Drummond fired; the shot struck the water exactly at the proper place; but the bird had dived before it reached him. The bow of the boat grated on the sand; they could pull no further in. But once again the duck, finding no shelter, appeared on the surface of the water; and this time a snap-shot of Mr. Miller's stretched him lifeless. "The wicket wee teffle, we hef him now!" remarked Alec, as he jumped into the water and waded across to the bird. "Now let us examine this mystical creature," Mr. Drummond said, "and if it proves to be a new phenomenon--a being hitherto unknown to science--we will give it a name. I suggest Anas magica" "I should think Jack-in-the-box vulgaris would do," interposed Violet. The mysterious wild-fowl was here handed into the boat. Certainly it bore all the outward signs of being a duck. It had the ruddy-brown and grey-speckled plumage of a duck; it had the white banded wings and the tail of a duck; it had the heavy, waddling body of a duck; it had the webbed feet of a duck. The only apparent point of difference was the bill, which, instead of being short and flat, was long, narrow, and pointed, with a row of small, sharp, serrated teeth on each side. "Alec!" Mr. Drummond suddenly exclaimed, "I believe you have deceived me. This is no duck at all." "Ay, sir, it iss a duck," Alec maintained, adding philosophically, "and it iss ferry good for eating whateffer." "Why, man, look at the bill--that bird lives on fish. He will taste like a gannet or a douker. Why--now when I think of it--surely it must be--I am...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781150680533
  • Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Publisher Imprint: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 158
  • Spine Width: 9 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1150680539
  • Publisher Date: 01 Jul 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 295 gr

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