Afler falling into the hands of the unscrupulous tug men, Polly entered fon one of the darkest periods of his long and exciting career. "He was kept up in the forecastle of the (ug, where very little daylight trickled through. One day, "however, the master of the tug, who was a friend of the parrot's rightful owner, heard strange noises coming from the fore part of the vessel, They were oh: viously the plaintive eries of his frieng's parrot, Rescued from the jelutches of his kidnappers, Polly was kept ashore until the beginning of this year, when he was handed back to hus master.
'After' this "unpleasant experience, the parrot was morose for' several month, and' seemed to have lost much of his extremely extensive Vocabulary, "But a few weeks of life at sea sot him in high spirits again, and now he is as lively as ever, The seafaring parrot has a distine~ tive personality. In the frst. place, he is a very moral bird, Unlike most parrots, he shuns bad hho is never heard to swear, also a strict teotolaller, Only once has he been drunk, and that experlence seems to have taught' him 3 lesson. During very cold weather up in Newchwang, the parrot was given Jsome whisky mixed with sugar to bring warmth into his frozen body. As soon as the liquor took effect; the parrot seemed 4o\lose all control. of himself, and swung wildly around his cage for a quarter of an hour or 50, He has never touched any: intoxicat-{ng drink from that day to this, ref ing whisky, beer and. other liquor whielr has been offered to him at different tim
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