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CHAPTER XVIII 



King amidst kingly mountains, 



Monarch o'er snowy heights, 

 Girdled with glacial fountains, 



Fenced by avalanche might, 

 Battlements lowering skywards, 



Pinnacles glistening bright, 

 Who shall dispute Dyamir 



The crown that's thine by right? 



J. 



Wishing for a day of experiences I have one superfluous 

 emotion Later I achieve the second object of my pil- 

 grimage An unrestful mount Other folks' facts about 

 the fauna of the land. > 



As it was likely to be my last day of a free and open life, 

 I determined that, so far as weather permitted, I would 

 do my best to go through the whole gamut of sylvan 

 enjoyments, and perhaps it was out of kindness and 

 consideration that the clerk of the weather withdrew the 

 rain clouds and allowed the sun to shine forth and dry 

 up some of the vast lakes that had formed in the merg. 

 As I wished to make the day as long as possible, I was 

 afoot betimes and up through the woods to Killenmerg. 

 The dew-besprent primulas glittered in the early sun- 

 light, the cobwebs were decked with a thousand jewels ; 

 even the dusky fritillaries took a gay hue as their heavy 



