﻿194 PICTORIAL MISCELLANY. 



It sometimes happens that a sheep strays from the flock, and 

 descends to a great depth, or lodges on the point of a projecting rock, 

 where it has hardly room to stand. When its owner discovers it in 

 this situation, he bestrides a stick, fastened to a rope, and causes him- 

 self to be lowered down, at the hazard of breaking his own neck, 

 till he can reach the straggling animal, which he at once fastens to 

 his own cord, and then both are drawn up together to a place of 

 safety. 



We shall see along the coast, at the principal ports, great piles of 

 pine timber, so large, indeed, as to suggest the inquiry from you, 

 " Where does it go to ? ' : Immense quantities are yearly sent to all 

 European ports, as I have before remarked, and what we now see is 

 but a small part of all that is cut. Norway, like Maine, seems to 

 be peculiarly rich in the means of furnishing the world with timber. 



The Basket of Cherries. 



TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH BY ANNE T. WILBUR. 



A.T the foot of an old willow, on a mossy seat, fragrant with wild 

 thyme, sat a young girl of twelve years, with large black sparkling 

 eyes, hair abundant and lustrous as a jay's wing ; her bodice of gar- 

 net velvet, her silk apron, her robe embroidered with flowers, formed 

 a costume as elegant as coquettish, in delightful harmony with the 

 mild and yet piquant countenance, full of health, of the pretty bru- 

 nette. Bathilde (that was her name) had just come out of the 

 orchard, where she had filled a basket with cherries, whose plump, 

 rosy cheeks made her mouth water. Choosing from the basket the 

 two prettiest, she amused herself with holding them to her ears, like 

 pendants ; near her stood her pretty little goat, Caprice, who, with 

 head raised, and beard projected, was fixing on her its great yellow 

 eyes, with comic gravity and attention. 



" There, my Caprice ! " said Bathilde, " if your ears were not quite 

 so drooping and so restless, I would give you also some ruby-colored 

 pendants." 



At this moment, a slight sound among the leaves, mingled with a 



