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THE HUNTER'S ARCADIA. 



Mark Antony sacrificed all for his divinity. 

 Although, in this realistic age, such sacrifices become 

 less common, there are still, I think, men left 

 among us, that would make them ; and, strange as 

 it may appear, I do not think the worse of them 

 for that. 



When speaking a few moments ago, I said that 

 I thought it would be ungentlemanly to intrude upon 

 the baboons, because their vrows and their bambinos, 

 otherwise hinders, would probably be with them. 

 Having made this statement, I will give my reasons 

 for doing so. I am a Scotchman and a Celt, but 

 all know that there is a wide divergence between th< 

 Celt of Scotland and the Celt of Ireland; in fact, 

 there are Celts and there are Celts. Such being the 

 case, I have carefully studied those differences which 

 separate the Celt of Ireland from the Celt of Scotland, 

 Coming to no hasty conclusion, and giving due weight 

 to a matter that is worthy of more than ordinary 

 consideration, I find that of all the races of human 

 beings that I have become acquainted with, whether 

 they be Digger Indians from the Rocky Mountains 

 of Sonora, whether they be Kalmucks from the steppes 

 and toundras of Siberia, or whether they be natives 



