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lives in the old house what part of it can be lived 

 in and he wants to see ye about summut. Marks- 

 man has been telling about that there fly ye made 

 him." 



There was no right-of-way through the woods, 

 but my friend, as woodman, could go anywhere in 

 the domain, and I, as his friend, might accompany 

 him. A blue -eyed, fair -haired young giant he is, 

 one with whom I have walked many a mile in this 

 district, and not a sound or a sight was ever lost 

 upon " Waggle." 



" Listen to the heave -jars; ain't they a-tunin' 

 up?" he remarked, presently. "On that slope, 

 where the copse stuff was cut last year, it lies warm, 

 and the sun is on it all the day near ; if there's one 

 heave -jar lays there, I tell ye there's a dozen. I 

 don't meddle with 'em, but now and again I just 

 goes up to see their noovers. They'll sun theirselves 

 just like chickens do, and I've had them flip up 

 right in my face when they've been laying in the 

 leaf -mould or among the dead leaves an' stams. 

 You can't see 'em them heave-jars is wuss to see 

 than woodcocks, an' they're bad enough. An' ) r et 

 you'd think you'd see all that was on that bare slope. 



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