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heaps. As the tines of the harrow jumped and 

 danced freely through the mingling mass, what a 

 changed appearance was left behind! a dry rich 

 earthy scent, sweeter than the breath of an Orange- 

 grove, or the evening incense of the hay-field, rose 

 gratefully up to meet the fresh morning beams that 

 shot their influence for the first time on the new face 

 of an old field ; the busy gossamer drew its glittering 

 net-work from point to point in a thousand geome- 

 trical forms over the levelled surface. 



* Well ! I never thought to see it look like this ! 

 I should think anything 'ud grow here ! ' 



Such was the remark I overheard. I suppose it 

 came from one of the horses ; they were the only 

 living things present that were not pledged to an 

 opposite opinion. The observation, however, if ill- 

 fitting, was not ill-timed : it chimed in with the 

 thoughts that were tumbling over each other in 

 theoretical confusion through the brain of the incur- 

 able Chronicler. What would have been thought of 

 him had he dared to utter them aloud, as they came 

 and went in this strange fashion 



' The PROTOXIDE into the PEROXIDE ! ha ! a 

 'beautiful change that. Clay, Sand, Peat, and 

 ' Marl too ! a goodly compound. How is it that a 

 * sort of instinct seems to anticipate the conclusions 



