Professor Menu 195

this volcano or burning mountain came a
long thin line of smoke; and it was this
smoke which distributed the savoury per-
fumes I have mentioned.

This smell of general cookery from the
volcano had become overpowering. Just
think of it! Suppose the doctor had for-
bidden you to eat anything for a week, and
your cook were preparing for a great dinner-
party, and all these perfumes came to you from
the kitchen! What would you do? Exactly.
That’s what / did. I sat down and cried. .

When we neared the volcanic island, the
Captain, assisted by his men, hastily en-
closed Merioneth, the flock of sheep, the
packets of seeds, the strange man, a large
pig, a pine-apple, and all the other properties
which Merioneth had with him, in a great
net, which was promptly hauled up to the
yard-arm. Then, as the vessel rapidly passed
the island, the net was cast loose, and fell
withga thump on the shore.

“Hullo! You still here? Three blind
mice!” said the Captain to me. ‘ Over-
board you go!”