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influence of some spell. It is not sufficiently mas- 

 ter of the situation to be sensible to fear, or to 

 think of escape by flight; and the experiment, to 

 be successful, must be done quickly, before the first 

 feeling of bewilderment passes. 



Witnessing the spectacle from the shore, I can 

 conceive of nothing more sudden or astounding. 

 You see no movement and hear no noise, but the 

 light grows upon you, and stares and stares like a 

 huge eye from the infernal regions. 



According to the guide, when a deer has been 

 played upon in this manner and escaped, he is not 

 to be fooled a second time. Mounting the shore, 

 he gives a long signal snort, which alarms every 

 animal within hearing, and dashes away. 



The sequel to the deer-shooting was a little sharp 

 practice with a revolver upon a rabbit, or properly 

 a hare, which was so taken with the spectacle of 

 the camp-fire, and the sleeping figures lying about, 

 that it ventured quite up in our midst; but while 

 testing the quality of some condensed milk that sat 

 uncovered at the foot of a large tree, poor Lepus 

 had his spine injured by a bullet. 



Those who lodge with Nature find early rising 

 quite in order. It is our voluptuous beds, and iso- 

 lation from the earth and the air, that prevents us 

 from emulating the birds and beasts in this respect. 

 With the citizen in his chamber, it is not morning, 

 but breakfast- time. The camper- out, however, feels 

 morning in the air, he smells it, sees it, hears it, 



