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thought a part of it. Considering the places, too, 

 that you have rashly dragged me through the past 

 month, I 'm beginning to think that this part 

 of New England was really 

 discovered by St. Patrick 

 in an unrecorded voyage, 

 but rinding the territory 

 rather large to cover with 

 spells, and opportunities of 

 escape great, he retired to 

 practice snake -charming in a 

 spot where he could drive his 

 victims into the ocean after 

 the dramatic, orthodox, and 

 rapid fashion of the devil - 

 possessed swine." 



"Superbum, Turk's Cap 

 Lilies, you say where?" she 

 continued, hardly waiting for 

 my explanation. "Oh! in- 

 deed they are superb. Truly, 

 I don't wonder that you stopped short and could n't 

 believe your eyes; surely to-day we are allowed to 

 see the Lilies of the field in all their fine raiment. 

 What reds and yellows! See that patch of orange 

 yonder where the land begins to roll: what is it?" 



