in an extra verse specifying sudden collapse--like the _Visigoth's_.
I'm going on to the bridge, now. Good-night,' said the Captain.

And I was left alone with the steady thud, thud, of the screw and the
gentle creaking of the boats at the davits.

_That_ made me shudder.




THE SOLID MULDOON

Did ye see John Malone, wid his shinin', brand-new hat?
Did ye see how he walked like a grand aristocrat?
There was flags an' banners wavin' high, an' dhress and shtyle were
shown,
But the best av all the company was Misther John Malone.
_John Malone._

There had been a royal dog-fight in the ravine at the back of the
rifle-butts, between Learoyd's _Jock_ and Ortheris's _Blue Rot_--both
mongrel Rampur hounds, chiefly ribs and teeth. It lasted for twenty
happy, howling minutes, and then _Blue Rot_ collapsed and Ortheris
paid Learoyd three rupees, and we were all very thirsty. A dog-fight
is a most heating entertainment, quite apart from the shouting, because
Rampurs fight over a couple of acres of ground. Later, when the sound
of belt-badges clicking against the necks of beer-bottles had died
away, conversation drifted from dog to man-fights of all kinds. Humans
resemble red-deer in some respects. Any talk of fighting seems to wake