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      SCRUBBING THE SEA BEAR

       This is a Godine Storyteller

      published in 2003 by

      DAVID R. GODINE, Publisher

      Post Office Box 450

      Jaffrey, New Hampshire 03452

       www.godine.com

      First published in 1947 by Jonathan Cape, Ltd.: revised edition published in 1982.

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief excerpts embodied in critical articles and reviews.

      PREVIOUS ISBN: 1-56792-259-7

      CURRENT ISBN: 1-56792-489-1

      EBOOK ISBN: 978-1-56792-498-5

      LCCN: 2003113795

      CONTENTS

I	The Sea Bear
II	Feeling Her Way In
III	Putting Her On Legs
IV	The First Discovery
V	“We Are Being Stalked!”
VI	First Sight of the Birds
VII	Is It or Isn’t It?
VIII	“He’s Still There!”
IX	Cross Purposes
X	Mutiny Aboard
XI	The Egg-Collector Cooks His Own Goose
XII	Waiting for a Chance
XIII	Giving Him the Slip
XIV	“I’ve Got to Have a Hide”
XV	Interrupted Netting Party
XVI	A Good Look-Out
XVII	Enemies Afloat and Ashore
XVIII	Night Visit to the Island
XIX	A Clear Coast for Dick
XX	The Decoys
XXI	The Red Herrings
XXII	The Round-Up
XXIII	Ship’s Naturalist
XXIV	Unwanted Rescuer
XXV	Roger’s Dull Day
XXVI	The McGinty Listens to Reason
XXVII