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to move forward several yards, then make a 

 stop. While I was trying to decide whether they 

 really had moved or not, they moved forward 

 again with all their earthly claims, a few square 

 rods of surface together with their foundations 

 beneath. With all tops merrily erect they slid 

 forward, swerving right and left along the line 

 of least resistance, and finally came to rest in a 

 small unclaimed flat in which no doubt they 

 grew up with the country. 



The many-sized slides of that weird day 

 showed a change of position varying from a few 

 feet to a mile. Several ploughed out into the Lit- 

 tle Cimarron and piled its channel more than full 

 of spoils from the slopes. Through this the river 

 fought its way, and from if the waters flowed 

 richly laden with earthy matter. 



The great changes which took place on Mt. 

 Coxcomb in a few hours were more marked and 

 extensive than the alterations in most mountains 

 since the Sphinx began to watch the shifting, 

 changing sands by the Nile. 



By mid-afternoon the air grew colder and the 

 snow commenced to deepen upon the earth. 



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