Before another word could be spoken, Nero, on a secret sign from his young master, took off his tarpaulin hat, and dabbed it on Mr. Mole's head.
Mole turned suddenly round upon his companion.
"Nero—the devil fly away with you, you beast!"
He made a dash at the monkey; but the latter was up in the shrouds and out of danger in the twingling of an eye.
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"Land ho!"
"Which way?"
"Due south."
Harkaway had a glass up in a crack.
"That's right," he said. "Gentlemen all, allow me to introduce you to Australia."