reptiles."

"Vraiment, if mon mout' needs one bit, yours will

need one padlock."

"Now, lads, mount!" cried Joe Blunt as he vaulted

into the saddle.

Dick Varley sprang lightly on his horse, and Henri

made a rush at his steed and hurled his huge frame

across its back with a violence that ought to have

brought it to the ground; but the tall, raw-boned, broad-chested

roan was accustomed to the eccentricities of its