which had been reputed to be the strongest "puller" in all Chamboro.
So he gazed up at Lionel Clarence envi-
amenable to discipline could ever be found, to operate this really excellent implement, it fell into disuse.
An improved cannon, made of brass pump-cylinder, mounted on two barrow- wheels. Powder sufficient for its proper loading and discharge had never been secured.
A new and greatly improved method of making Angle-Worm Oil—long looked upon as the most effectual lubricant for all intending circus performers. Its only drawback was its over-pungent odor.
An automatic "bite-announcer" (for use while fishing for mud-cat), made of an old tortion spring, with a slight bell attached. When stuck upright in a stump or dock-crack, it warns the most sleepy-headed fisherman just when to pull in his line.
A rotating kite-messenger.
A new form of bullet-mould, especially adapted for Indian warfare.
A new and improved method of fastening on Indian Feathers—of naturally restricted commercial value.
And last, but by no means least, a Flying-Machine, made of bamboo fishing-poles, umbrella canes, many old linen sheets, numberless strings and pulleys and springs, and always awaiting just one last pulley or brace or bolt to be finished and perfect. It seems scarcely necessary to add that this Flying-Machine and its over-sanguine maker had many falls in common, mostly from the tops of straw-stacks and stables.
