and brake with his strong elastic bound, and leaving

Grumps to patter after him as fast as his four-inch

legs would carry him. Poor Grumps usually arrived at

the village to find both dog and master gone, and would

betake himself to his own dwelling, there to lie down

and sleep, and dream, perchance, of rambles and gambols

with his gigantic friend.

CHAPTER V.

A mission of peace--Unexpected joys--Dick and Crusoe set off for
the land of the Redskins, and meet with adventures by the
way as a matter of course--Night in the wild woods

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