They pulled the body out of the river and carried it to the bank, laying it on the grass, and looking down at the dead hound in sad wonder. And while they stood there silently, a great bubble rose out of the depths, and broke, and as they watched, another bubble shook to the surface, and broke; and there was a third bubble in the sea-going waters, and nothing more. HERE ENDS TARKA THE OTTER BY HENRY WILLIAMSON, BEGUN IN JUNE 1923 AND FINISHED IN FEBRUARY 1927 IN THE VILLAGE OF HAM IN DEVON. Transcriber's note The Table of Contents from the printed edition was removed and an expanded one was made for this edition. Italic elements were replaced with _ in the txt version. Page numbers were removed from the txt version.