"Retreating one moment and advancing the following, uttering war-cries."—See p. [219].
"Tell me, Joe, me bhoy, did ye or Sahndy here shute the most b-i-rr-ds?"
"Honours are easy, Denny."
"Begorra! phwat th' divvil's thot?"
"It means that each shot an equal quantity."
"An e-qu-a-al quantitee! Be jabers, wheres did ye put 'em?"
"Put what?"
"Whoi, th' pair iv e-qu-a-al quan—— Be Saint Michael, it's a new sort iv a b-i-rr-d ye've shuted!"
Denny was not so dense as he pretended to be.