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of a mountain in the eye of the sun (it was 

 about mid-day, and bright for this dimate). 

 They at first made small circles, and the 

 young birds imitated them ; they paused on 

 their wings, waiting till they had made their 

 first flight, and then took a second and larger 

 gyration, —always rising towards the sun, and 

 enlarging their circle of flight so as to make a 

 gradually extending spiral. The young ones 

 still slowly followed, apparently flying better 

 as they mounted ; and they continued this 

 sublime kind of exercise, always rising, till 

 they became mere points in the air, and the 

 young ones were lost, and afterwards their 

 parents, to our aching sight. But we have 

 touched the shore, and the lake has termin- 

 ated : you are now on the river Ewe. 



PoiET. — Are we to fish here ? It is a broad 

 clear stream, but I see no fish, and cannot 

 think it a good angling river. 



Hal. — We are nearly a mile above our 

 fishing station, and we must first see our 

 (quarters and provide for our lodging, before 

 we begin our fishing : to the inn we have only 

 a short walk. 



