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The Monikins

CHAPTER XXIV
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AN ARRIVAL--AN ELECTION--ARCHITECTURE--A ROLLING-PIN, AND.
PATRIOTISM OF THE MOST APPROVED WATER.
In due time the coast of Leaplow made its appearance, close under our larboard bow.

So sudden was our arrival in this novel and extraordinary country, that we were very near running on it, before we got a glimpse of its shores.

The seamanship of Captain Poke, however, stood us in hand; and, by the aid of a very clever pilot, we were soon safely moored in the harbor of Bivouac.

In this happy land, there was no registration, no passports, "no nothin'"-- as Mr.Poke pointedly expressed it.


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