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quite I did see the tips of the young birds' beaks, though, when they

were hatched and the old ones calass that I could see how the boy fastened up

his trousers with one strap and a piece of string, for he had no braces,

and there were no brace buttons Those corduroy trousers had been made

for sos had

been cut off, and the upper part came well over his back and chest He

had no waistcoat, but he wore a jacket that ed to a man

It was a jacket that was fustian behind, and had fustian sleeves, but

the front was of purple plush with red and yelloers, softened doith dirt; and the sleeves of this jacket were tucked up very high,

while the bottom came down to his knees

He did not wear a hat, but the crown of an old straw bonnet, the top of

which had come unsewed, and rose and fell like the lid of a round box

with one hinge, and when the lid blew open you could see his shaggy

hair, which seemed as if it had never been brushed since it first came

up out of his skin