BEN THE NATURALIST. 



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FOLLOWED WITH WISTFUL GAZE THE WHITE SAILS OF THE DISTANT SHIPS. 



suffered myself to be persuaded, and all the more readily 

 because Ben undertook to show me various kinds of 

 fish, and birds, and animals with which I was unac- 

 quainted. 



And, in truth, the little fellow did not deceive me ; lie 

 knew all their hiding-places, and could clamber unhurt 

 the rough and dangerous crags, place his hand on the 



