"Let's be lively, and we will have him yet.

Here, Brave!" he continued, pointing to the geese in the lake, "fetch 'em out!" Brave plunged into the water, and made toward the nearest of the geese, which happened to be the one Frank had wounded.

As soon as the bird saw him approaching, instead of trying to save himself by flight, he raised himself in the water, elevated his uninjured wing, and set up a loud hiss.

But these hostile demonstrations, instead of intimidating the Newfoundlander, served rather to enrage him, and he kept on, with open mouth, ready to seize the game.

The moment he came within reach, the goose thrust out his long neck, and, catching Brave by the ear, dealt him a hard blow over the head with his wing.