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of youth. They were walking with great fpeed, 

 like travel'ers impatient to reach their objed. As 

 foon as they were within hearing, the elder of the 

 two, called to lirteus^ afking if they were not on 

 the road to Argos, But the noife of the wind 

 among the pines, preventing his voice from being 

 heard, tlie yoonger afcended toward the fhepherd, 

 and criet! aloud to him : *' Father, are we not 

 " upon the road to Argos ?" *' My fon," replied 

 Tirteus, " I do njt know where Argos lies. You 

 " are in Arcadia, upon the road to Tegeum, and 

 ** thole towers which you fee before you are the 

 " tov ers of Belleminé." While they were talking, 

 a fhagged dog, young and frojicfome, which ac- 

 companied the ftranger, having perceived in the 

 flock a the-goat entirely white, ran up to play 

 with her J but the goat, terrified at the fight of 

 this animal, whole eyes were covered all over with 

 hair, fled toward the top of the mountain, whither 

 the dog purfued her. The young man recalled 

 his dog, which immediately returned to his feet, 

 lowering his head, and wagging his tail. He then 

 flipped a leafh round the dog's neck, and begging 

 the fhepherd to hold him faft, he ran after the 

 goat, which ftiil continued to flee before him ; 

 his dog, however, feeing him ready to dilappear, 

 gave fo violent a jerk to Tirtens, that he made his 

 cfcape with the ieafli about his neck, and ran with 



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