LETTER VI. 



69 



to enjoy the [a confusion. When 



watching them on one of these occa- 



sions, I had to take shelter under a rock from a 

 dreadful blast, accompanied by very heavy snow, 

 which in a moment blotted out the whole land- 

 scape ; everything was enveloped in a shroud of 



mist and driving sleet 

 the intense gloom 

 phant song of these 

 above the uproar 

 when the mist 

 the whole flock 



but from the midst of 

 there arose the trium- 

 wild creatures, rising 

 of the elements ; and 

 lifted, I beheld 

 : eareerin g-about 



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