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idea of the distance the tiny projectiles would carry Joey began to

bark furiously, and the Indians imitated him The ha, and the curiously accurate yelping

of the men in the canoes,now rolled back fro cliffs In such wise

did the battle open Courtenay, more amused than anxious, did not

silence the terrier, and Joey's barking speedily rose to a shrill and

breathless hysteria Soe, more skilled than his fellows,

reproduced this falsetto with le heralded by such grotesque huedy of e of the pit

The long-range firing was kept up for several minutes, much to

Courtenay's relief, as Suarez was certain that the Indians' stock of

cartridges did not amount to radually nearer, and bullets began to strike the ship

frequently One glanced off a davit and shattered a couple of s

in the chart-house This incident aroused even greater enthusiasm than

the first blow of the attack There was renewed activity a the

paddle wielders Two canoes were not fifty yards frothe half-dozen thin cords: he turned to tell Suarez to be

ready for the duty which had been entrusted to hilance

happened to travel towards the mouth of the bay