17/28 Now can you see ?" "I can see where the leaves are thickest, that's all. What am I to look at ?" "The paroquets." "What ?" cried Nic excitedly, as he gave himself an aching sensation in the back of the neck from the awkward position he assumed: "I can't see anything." "Look again, sir. I can count six together, and one which seems to be a handsome cock bird, quite by itself." "That's the one I want," said Nic in a whisper, as he cocked his gun and stood peering up in the part indicated, but only to have his eyes dazzled by the rays which shot down from above. Are you sure you can see the birds ?" "Yes, sir, quite. |