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[Illustration: "Are you de man advertised for de dogs, sa-a-ay? You
needn't be afraid o' dem; come a'here, lay down, Balty--day's de dogs,
mister, vot you read of!" "Ain't they rather fierce," responded the
rural sportsman, eyeing the ugly brutes. "Fierce? Better believe dey
are--show 'em a f-f-ight, if you want to see 'em go in for de chances!
You want to see der teeth?"--_Page_ 136.]
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