Transcriber's Note: The original edition did not contain a table of contents. A table of contents has been created for this electronic edition. Also, the following corrections were made to the original text.
In Chapter III, "got old of a whole hind-leg" was changed to "got hold of a whole hind-leg".
In Chapter VIII, "presently he stopped swiming" was changed to "presently he stopped swimming".
In Chapter IX, a missing quotation mark was added before "Well, you see", and "The man looked a littlle older" was changed to "The man looked a little older".