I boldly gave it the name of the beast with a bill.

I told Ernest to take it, as I wished to stuff and preserve it.
"It will be," said the little philosopher, "the first natural object for our museum." "Exactly," replied I; "and, when the establishment is fully arranged, we will appoint you curator." But, thinking my wife would grow uneasy at our protracted absence, we returned by a direct road to the tent.

Our two messengers arrived about the same time, and we all sat down together to a cheerful repast.

Every one related his feats.

Ernest dwelt on his discoveries, and was very pompous in his descriptions, and I was obliged to promise to take Fritz another time.