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OUR HOUSE IN THE GIANT TREE 101
barrels with melted butter thrown over them, they would keep for a long time, and might prove an excellent resource. My wife set about stripping off the feathers of the birds to cook them for our dinner. I sat by her and went on with my work of arrow-making.
The ortolans, which we ate at dinner-time, were certainly excellent, but there were hardly enough to go round, and there was not much on them. However, we comforted ourselves by the thought that we had an inexhaustible store to draw upon if we were skilful enough to hit them, |
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