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Our fires and voices attracted it, and it's probably half starved as well as savage, poor brute!" No one said anything in reply, and he began to sing again very low to himself. OUR FIRES AND VOICES ATTRACTED IT AND IT'S PROBABLY HALF STARVED AS WELL AS SAVAGE POOR BRUTE NO ONE SAID ANYTHING IN REPLY AND HE BEGAN TO SING AGAIN VERY LOW TO HIMSELF
rhead and the waves breaking with increasing clamour on the shore. In the lagoon the boat dipped and splashed, and the sparks from the fire were carried aloft in a stream and scattered far and wide. We made our way to the extreme end of the island, measured our distances carefully, and then began to advance. None of us spoke. Sangree and I, with cocked guns, watched the shore lines, and all within easy touch and speaking distance. It was a slow and blundering drive, and there were many false alarms, but after the best part of half an hour we stood on the farther end, having made the complete tour, and without putting up so much as a squirrel. Certainly there was no living creature on that island but ourselves. "I know what it is!" cried Maloney, looking out over the dim expanse of grey sea, and speaking with the air of a man making a discovery; "it's a dog from one of the farms on the larger islands"—he pointed seawards where the archipelago thickened—"and it's escaped and turned wild.  HEARD THE TREES MOANING OVERHEAD AND THE WAVES BREAKING WITH INCREASING CLAMOR ON THE SHORE IN THE LAGOON THE BOAT DIPPED AND SPLASHED AND THE SPARKS FROM THE FIRE WERE CARRIED ALOFT IN A STREAM AND SCATTERED FAR AND WIDE WE MADE OUR WAY TO THE EXTREME END OF THE ISLAND MEASURED OUR DISTANCES CAREFULLY AND THEN BEGAN TO ADVANCE NONE OF US SPOKE SANGREE AND I WITH COCKED GUNS WATCHED THE SHORE LINES AND ALL WITHIN EASY TOUCH AND SPEAKING DISTANCE IT WAS A SLOW AND BLUNDERING DRIVE AND THERE WERE MANY FALSE ALARMS BUT AFTER THE BEST PART OF HALF AN HOUR WE STOOD AT THE FARTHER END HAVING MADE THE COMPLETE TOUR AND WITHOUT PUTTING UP SO MUCH AS A SQUIRREL CERTAINLY THERE WAS NO LIVING CREATURE ON THAT ISLAND BUT OURSELVES I KNOW WHAT IT IS CRIED MALONEY LOOKING OUT OVER THE DIM EXPANSE OF GREY SEA AND SPEAKING WITH THE AIR OF A MAN MAKING A DISCOVERY IT'S A DOG FROM ONE OF THE FARMS ON THE LARGER ISLANDS HE POINTED SEAWARDS WHERE THE ARCHIPELAGO THICKENED AND IT'S ESCAPED AND TURNED WILD
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