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  ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOUR

  BY ARCHIBALD WEBB

  "WHEN I LET FLY THE ARROW IT SPED VERY TRUE . . . . . . _Frontispiece_ (see p. 335)

  "ONE LIFTED THE PLANK AND AIMED A FURIOUS BLOW AT MY HEAD"

  "THE BEAST WHEELED ABOUT, AND RUSHED UPON BILLY"

  "I CRIED OUT TO HIM THAT A MONSTER WAS ATTACKING ME"

  "ONE DAY I FOUND HIM TRYING TO SHAVE WITH A FLINT"

  "THE BEAST HEAVED ITSELF CLEAN OUT OF THE WATER"

  "BILLY REACHED OVER, AND BROUGHT HIS AXE DOWN ON THE MAN'S HEAD"

  "I DEALT HIM SUCH A BLOW THAT HE FELL DOUBLED UP AT THE DOORWAY"