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SAVAGE SVANETIA. 



forms were contorted and. twisted as if tliey 

 bad been screwed out of sbape by some 

 gigantic band, and tben bent eartbwards till 

 tbey bowed tbeir beads upon tbe ground. 



Of course tbe Cbannel passage was about 

 tbe worst bit of sea voyage we bad encountered 

 since we left England ; and altogetber bome- 

 sick Frank was not one wbit more ready tban 

 my sea-sick self to admit tbat in all our wander- 

 ings we bad never been so pleased to arrive 

 anywbere as we were to arrive at Victoria. 



THE EXD. 



