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The Journal of a Disappointed Man
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W. N. P. Barbellion
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Had
quite
an
adventure
to-day.
D----
and
I
cycled
to
the
Lighthouse
at
----.
On
the
way,
in
crossing
the
sands
near
the
Hospital
Ship
we
espied
a
lame
Curlew
which
could
hardly
fly.
I
gave
chase,
but
it
managed
to
scramble
over
a
gut
full
of
water
about
two
yards
wide.
D----
took
off
his
boots
and
stockings
and
carried
me
over
on
his
back,
and
we
both
raced
across
the
sands
to
where
the
Curlew
lay
in
an
exhausted
state.
I
picked
him
up
and
carried
him
off
under
my
arm,
like
the
boy
with
the
Goose
that
laid
the
golden
eggs.
All
the
time,
the
bird
screamed
loudly,
opening
its
enormously
long
bill
and
struggling
to
escape.
Arrived
at
the
gut
again,
we
found
that
the
incoming
tide
had
made
the
gut
wider
and
deeper
so
that
we
were
cut
off
from
the
mainland,
and
found
it
necessary
to
wade
across
at
once
before
it
got
deeper.
As
I
had
to
carry
a
pair
of
field-glasses
as
well
as
my
boots
and
stockings,
I
handed
over
the
struggling
bird
to
D----.
While
wading
across,
I
suddenly
sank
to
my
waist
in
a
sandpit.
This
frightened
me,
and
I
was
glad
to
reach
the
other
side
in
safety.
But
on
arrival
I
found
D----,
but
no
Curlew.
In
wading
across
the
current,
he
grew
flurried
and
let
it
go.
The
tide
swept
it
upstream,
and
the
poor
bird,
I
fear,
perished
by
drowning....
Knocked
up
my
friend
P----,
who
is
skipper
of
the
ship
N----
and
asked
him
if
he
had
a
fire
so
that
I
could
dry
myself.
He
replied
that
they
had
no
fire
but
that
his
"missus"
would
look
out
a
pair
of
pants
for
me.
Before
falling
in
with
this
plan
unconditionally,
I
thought
it
best
to
inspect
the
garment.
However,
it
was
quite
clean--a
pair
of
blue
serge
seaman's
trousers,
very
baggy
in
the
seat
and
far
too
long.
But
I
turned
up
the
bottoms
and
hid
the
baggy
part
underneath
my
overcoat.
So,
I
got
back
home!
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