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Show r . ,1 .1 Clever Sparrow3. Ono of tho prettiest sights as regards re-gards seamon's pots was afforded by six sparrows which, yero tamoiltand trained by nn old bluejacket op' board a coal barge. Ho had trained them to such a dogreo that they would inarch in rogular military ordor,-"turnlng" ordor,-"turnlng" and "wheeling" as desired by meroly moving his hand. On each of their heads ho had fastened a smal' piece of scarlot cloth, cut so as to form n cockscomb, which gave tho birds a very saucy appearance as they went through their varied evolutions. |